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THK YOST 



EIGHT-FINGER METHOD; 


IN WHICH THE 

MOST RAPID AND LEAST TIRESOME MODE OF 
WRITING EVERY WORD CORRECTLY 
IS CLEARLY INDICATED. 

INCLUDING 


Practical Exercises in Correspondence, Business and Legal Papers, Testimony, Contracts, 
ii , Specifications, Ornamentation, Etc., Etc. 


/ 




CONTAINING ALSO: 


FACTS, FIGURES AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO A SCIENTIFIC KEY¬ 
BOARD, WITH DIAGRAM OF,SAME. 


By Elias Longley. 


NEW YORK: 

TYPEWRITER HEADQUARTERS, 31 BROADWAY, 

X89X. 












(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord 1891, 
By ENOCH N. MINER, 

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 


DEDICATED 


TO 


Originator and First Teacher of the Eight-Finger Method of manipulating the Remington 
and Caligraph Typewriters ; Author of the first Instruction Books in accordance 
with the same ; a most accomplished and faithful Instructor, and 
for 44 years the devoted help-mate and loving wife 

Of the Author. 


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(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


INTRODUCTION. 


LEARNING HOW TO USE A TYPEWRITER. 

JT is hardly worth while to say that any one can learn to use the typewriter; this is 
apparent after a moment’s trial. There is scarcely any machine that is so simple 
in its operation—certainly not even the sewing machine ; and there is none whose speedy 
and correct manipulation can be more readily obtained by methodical study and practice 
than this very simple instrument. There are generally two ways of doing a thing : a right 
way and a wrong way ; and he or she who starts on the wrong road is pretty sure to get 
farther and farther away from the point of destination, while the one who starts right is 
very certain to “ get there ” in reasonable time. 

Therefore, it is the advice of one who has had much experience with typewriters and 
typewritists, to begin right, by studying the method of fingering set forth and practicing 
the exercises given in this book. 


DIFFERENT KEY-BOARDS. 

There are two editions of this book published, differing only in the numerical fingering 
marked for the word-exercises, viz.; 

1. Remington Key-Board Edition, to accommodate those who, having become 
somewhat familiar with the arrangement of the letters in the Remington machine, prefer 
not to change. 

2. The Scientific Key-Board Edition, in which the distribution of letters to the 
keys is very much different. It was devised by the author of this book, after twelve years’ 
experience in the use of the typewriter, his first Remington machine being No. 275. 
Having been for many years a printer, and familiar with the proportionate frequency in 
the use of letters in spelling the English language, he sought to apply this experience in 
selecting the most convenient location for those most used, considering also their order of 
succession. This is an earnest effort to secure a scientific, as well as a more facile, 
arrangement of the key-board. 












(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


4 VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 

SCIENCE OF'typewriter FINGERING. 

The author assumes, as the basis of his scheme, the following propositions, some 
of which are self-evident ; all are capable of demonstration and have been thoroughly 
tested : 

1. That all standard typewriters are now operated with all the fingers of both hands, 
and that in nearly all reputable schools where their use is taught that method prevails. 

2. That a methodical and uniform manner of fingering the keys is far better than a 
haphazard, irregular way, both in obtaining speed and accuracy ; and this can only be 
accomplished by assigning a certain finger to each key, with which to begin words 
especially, and with which, whenever practicable, to strike such key. 

3. That the first and second fingers of each hand are certainly the most easily and 
forcibly used in the manipulation of the keys, and therefore the more frequently they are 
used, systematically, the better ; and on the other hand, the less frequently the third and 
fourth fingers are required, the better. 

4. That the arrangement of the letters in the key-board should be such as to give the 
most frequently recurring letters to the first and second fingers, that is, in the central 
portion. 

5. That such arrangement favors the ability to “ write by touch,” or by position; in 
other words, to manipulate the keys without keeping the eyes on the key-board, but on the 
copy, which contributes greatly to the amount of work that can be done on any typewriter 
in a given time. 

With these facts in mind, compare the following key-boards, in which the keys are 
marked with the number of the finger usually employed to strike it; also with figures 
indicating the relative frequency with which each letter is employed in ordinary English 
composition, as given in “ Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrases and Fable.” The footing of 
figures under each ist, 2d, 3d and 4th finger letters show, approximately, the total number 
of strokes given by each finger in a piece of composition containing the letter “ e ” 
1,000 times, 

REMINGTON KEY-BOARD. 


800 -I- 1916 laoo -f 1452 1394 + 1327 1120 -|- 595 

2716 2654 5;370 2721 1842 4563 



















(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR, 5 

The footing of the sums apportioned to the several fingers show that the fourth finger 
of the left hand is required to strike 305 more strokes than the fourth finger of the right 
hand ; that the third finger of the left hand is required to strike 796 more strokes than 
the same finger of the right hand ; that the same weak finger has to strike 716 more 
strokes, in the same time, than its stronger adjoining brother, the second finger, and 464 
strokes more than the robust first finger ; that the third and fourth fingers of the left hand 
do more service (in addition to making the capital shift) than the first and second fingers 
of the same hand, and more than twice as much as the same fingers of the right hand ; 
and that the left hand does nearly one-fourth more work than the tight hand, allowing that 
the capital shifting by the left hand, and the spacing by the right hand equal each other. 

It is evident that this arrangement is hard on the left hand, and especially hard on 
the third and fourth fingers of that hand ; and, on account of this overtaxing of the least 
serviceable of all the eight fingers, it is certain that comfort and speed are seriously 
sacrificed. 

It is said “by one who knows,” that the reason for this disproportionate division of 
service was that the builder of the Remington was a “ left-handed man.” 

Now examine the Standard Key-Board, which was made to conform as far as prac¬ 
ticable to those of the Remington and Caligraph, so that persons familiar with either of 
these machines can use the Yost without much trouble. 

SCIENTIFIC KEY-BOARD. 



118 1396 1648 

Total left-hand strokes, 4780. 


1618 


1428 


1672 


1188 


311 


Total right-hand strokes, 4597. .-an 

Points and carriage shifting, 183,) 


It will be seen that the weak fourth finger of the left hand has to make but 118 
strokes to the 800 required on the Remington ; the third finger, 1,396 to the Remington’s 
1,916 ; while the strong second and first fingers are required to make 1,648 and 1,618 
respectively, to the 1,200 and 1,454 required by the Remington ; that the same fairpropor- 











(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


6 VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


tion of duty is allotted to each finger of the right hand ; and that, including the striking 
of the hyphen, punctuation marks, and moving the "carriage, the right hand is required to 
do as much work as the left hand—if not more. 

But by far the most important advantage resulting from this arrangement of the key¬ 
board lies in the fact that the letters are so collocated that all the keys, on either side, 
may be struck with the appropriate fingers of the hand assigned them with the fewest 
possible exceptions : and not only so, but that in consequence of this, the rule of alternaiion, 
so essential to a free, easy and rapid manipulation of the keys, is found to be practicable. 


IMPORTANCE OF A SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT. 

“Science,” says Webster, “ is literally knowledge, but more usually denotes a system¬ 
atic and orderly arrangement of knowledge.” The assignment of certain fingers to certain 
keys, which fingers are required to strike their respective keys always, under the same 
circumstances, such as at the beginning of words, and when the second hand takes up 
the spelling of a word begun by the first, may be truly regarded as scientific ; and, though 
seemingly contrarywise, after any finger shall have struck its proper key, and the next 
letter is marked for the same finger, to relieve that said finger and strike the key with the 
adjoining finger, and the one following it with the next adjoining, and so on, is in like 
manner consistent. Also, when in printing a word all the consecutive fingers are exhausted, 
and there remains still another letter that should ordinarily be printed with the same hand, 
a fixed rule that such remaining letter shall be printed with the first finger of the other 
hand, would accord with the principles of science. But to make arbitrary exceptions, as 
all authors have heretofore done, and strike the key for the first letter in a word sometimes 
with one finger and sometimes with another, for the purpose of getting the second, third 
or fourth fingers to their respective keys, would, in the writer’s judgment, be of such 
exceptional character as to require the arbitrary memorizing of such exceptional words, 
extending to thousands in a diversified experience, and, therefore, would be unscientific 
and difficult to practice. 

Music is a science, but he who attempts to practice it as an art, and, in his ignorance 
of its rules of harmony, violates its first principles, produces discord and murders music. 
So, if his instrument is not in tune, and he is not aware of the fact, the same result follows. 

Dancing is based on the science of motion, and so long as the waltzers keep step with 
each other, or the various members of a cotillion “ forward and back,” “ swing corners,” 
“ promenade all,” etc., according to rule, the performance is graceful and exhilarating ; 
but let one or two mis-steps be taken, and confusion and disorder will prevail. 










(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 7 

Just so it is with the typewritist. If his instrument is not in tune, if the key-board is 
not in harmorwy with the peculiarities of the English language, or if he fails to touch the 
right keys, and, regardless of the sequence of letters, jumps about from one key to another 
at haphazard, the rhythm of the clicking types is lost, the unity and regularity of motion 
are interfered with, speed is checked, blunders are made, and the unscientific operator is 
compelled to halt and take a new start. 

Whether or not the author has so reconstructed the typewriter key-board as to render 
it possible to make the art of typewriting conform strictly to scientific principles, is for 
methodical and skillful operators on the various instruments to demonstrate, as they have 
opportunity. He has honestly aimed to take at least a considerable step in that direction, 
and hopes that he has to some extent succeeded. 


CHANGE CP KEY-BOARD EASILY MADE. 

The manufacturers, and generally the dealers, will furnish any arrangement of the 
key-board desired ; but if a person already has a machine with the Remington arrangement, 
and desires to adopt the new and better way, he can readily do so by making the change 
himself, thus : Take a pair of small pinchers and pull from their sockets (with a little 
twisting), the types that need to be transposed, and insert the ones required in their places. 
Observe that, in placing the types in the socket, the top of the letter is toward you ; set it 
in loosely, then with the proper key press it slowly into the guide, which operation will 
adjust it to a perfect alignment with all the others. Before releasing the key, give it a 
few strong taps, so as to tighten it in its place. 


DIRECTIONS TO THE LEARNER. 

The typewriter should be placed on a stand, or table, that is about six inches lower 
than an ordinary writing table ; or, instead of this, the learner should sit on a stool six or 
eight inches higher than a chair. This position is necessary to enable the operator, when 
sitting upright, to reach the key-board without elevating the fore-arms from their natural 
level, which will afford the greatest freedom of the fingers. 

The feet should rest squarely on the floor, the chest be thrown a little forward ; and, 
to avoid stooping, the Lesson Book, or copy, should be suspended at a convenient height 
and inclination to the light in one of the many Holders made for the purpose. 

To place the paper in the machine : Lift the dog out of the ratchet wheel on the right 
hand end of the roller, by depressing the lever under it ; then stand the paper vertically 
between the two rollers, steadying it at first with both hands ; next, with the left hand, turn 












(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


8 VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


the large roller from you, by using the thumb and the first finger of the left hand on the 
serrated end of said roller, until the paper is carried to the desired position. Now press 
the thumb under the lever and let the dog drop into the notched wheel again. With the 
thumb-handle and lever beneath, revolve the roller and draw the carriage back to the right 
as far as it will go for a new line. 

All is now ready for work, but before beginning the exercise of words and sentences 
on the opposite page, the learner is advised to take a little 

DRILL ON THE TOUCH OP THE KEYS. 

First, observe the imaginary division of the key-board, obliquely, between the five keys 
on the right and the five on the left. (See diagram, p. 5). Then place the four fingers 
of each hand over the four keys to the right and to the left of the division in the lower 
row, and see how readily they may each be touched with the appropriate finger : also, 
how readily the thumb of the right hand may drop upon the space-bar. 

Now, with a quick, firm tap, strike the first key to the right of the division^ with the 
first finger of the right hand ; and immediately afterward the first key to the left with 
the first finger of the left hand ; then the space-bar with the thumb. Repeat the operation 
to the end of the line, then draw the carriage back to be ready for another line. 

Next strike two keys on each side of the division, thus : i, 2 , space ; i, 2, space ; 
and repeat, for two or three lines, a little faster each time, until it can be done readily. 

Then take three keys on each side, thus : i, 2 , 3 , space ; i, 2 , 3 , space. Repeat as 
before ; and vary the exercise by using the second and third lines of keys. 

Finally, bring into play the fourth finger, on the second row of keys, thus : i, 2 , 
3 , 4 , space ; I, 2 , 3 , 4 , space. Repeat as often as necessary to do the work without 
hesitation. 


In ihe above drill you will pay no attention to the letters you are striking; but you may now study 
the arrangement of the letters somewhat, by printing the alphabet from U io z several times, before beginning 
the Exercise on the next page. 










(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 



r- 

FHE 

YOST 



TYPEWRITER 

INSTRUCTOR. 



EXERCISE I. 



Right-Hand and Left-Hand Figures .—That the learner may see at a glance to which 

hand any figure refers, those for the right hand are given in 

heavy-faced italic type, and 

those for the left hand in light-faced type. 




as is 

been 

gone 

like 

same 

t i me 

4 3 .3 3 

1331 

1 31 3 

3333 

3433 

1313 

at it 

can 

has 

man 

see 

we 

4 1 31 

2 41 

14 3 

3 4 1 

322 

32 

an in 

do 

have 

many (i) 

set 

well 

4 i 21 

23 

1413 

3411 

321 

3 233 

a nd 

done 

here 

may 

that 

were 

4 12 

2313 

1323 

341 

11 41 

3 212 

all 

fix 

him 

name 

t he 

will 

4 33 

1.33 

121 

1433 

1 1 3 

3333 

are 

for 

h i s 

now 

there 

wish 

423 

132 

133 

133 

1 1 323 

3331 

ab le 

get 

job 

pay 

t hey 

you 

4 133 

131 

331 

4 4.1 

1131 

133 

be 

go 

know 

qu ite 

th i s 

zeal 

1 3 

13 

31 3 3 

3 3313 

1133 

4343 

an able man |1 

as you are 


his zeal was quite all gone 


able to do I and as for that 


many a man has done the like 


and as there has been 


name the time 

you wish to go 


and at the same time 


now that there has been 


all this may have been 


see that all is well done 


all that you have done 


that man may 

have done well 


are you able to 

go there 


the time has now been set 


be that as it may 


there were many here to see you 

can they now fix the time 


they know that you are gone 


do you wish to know his name 


they may do you quite as well 


get him to pay you here 


we know he has gone there 


he can go and 

see the man 


we wish to have him here 


have you done that job well 


you can fix it 

as you like 


here and there 

you may have seen 

you may wish to see his name 


Note 1.—With the Remington Key-board, when y follows n, it (y) better be struck with the first finger . 

of the left hand ; 

otherwise 11 would have to be struck with the second finger, so as to leave the first for y^ 

which would lead to many exceptions of the kind. 






















(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


lo YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE II. 


about 

but by 

every 

just 

other 

sure 

4 1331 

131 11 

3132/ 

3/3 1 

3 1/32 

3323 

advice 

come 

faults 

latter 

ought 

truth 

4 2 13 2 3 

2333 

1 4 33 13 

34 113 2 

3 3 1/1 

1231/ 

after ( 2 ) 

certain 

f r e e 1 y 

let long 

our 

very 

42132 

232143/ 

12333/ 

331 33/1 

3 3 2 

132/ 

among 

could 

from 

make 

part 

wav 

i 23 11 

2 333 2 

133 3 

3433 

4421 

34 / 

around 

dare 

great 

means 

p lease 

what 

4233 12 

2 4 23 

1 234 1 

3 34/3 

^33432 

3 /41 

because 

day 

give 

nothing 

right 

which 

1324333 

241 

13 13 

/ 3 1 /3/ 1 

23 1 / 1 

3/32/ 

before 

deal 

happy 

often 

speak 

while 

132323 

2 3 43 

1444 1 

3 2 13/ 

3 -/343 

3 123-4 

best 

during 

hour 

once 

state 

year 

1341 

2 3 23/ 1 

1322 

3/23 

31413 

/ 3 12 


about everything \\ about some other 
after a great deal 1| after which time 
among the best | around about them 
because we are very certain of it 
before you dare to do that way 
but once in a great while 
come by some means or other 
dare to do right time after time 
during the latter part of the day 


from hour to hour they come and go 
give to every one his just due 
great men often have many faults 
just as long as you please 
make the best deal you know how 
state what you know about it 
speak the truth at all times 
they could not make it known 
we can be certain of nothing 


Do what you ought and let what will come of it. 

If a man does all he can he has done all you ought to ask of him. 
It is just as well that we do not get all our wishes. 

No one can see his faults as others see them. 

Nothing is given quite so freely as good advice. 

One sure way to be happy is to make others happy. 

That which you have to do it is well to do as soon as you can. 


2 . Initially, F is a first-finger letter ; elsewhere, second, as a general rule. 

3 . Capitals. —The keys for capitals should be struck with the same fingers as for small or 1. c. letters. 

4 . Colliding of I'ypes. —If this occurs it is because the learner touches two keys at once, and may be 
avoided by sitting on a higher chair, and striking the keys more vertically. When they lock, strike a key at 
the opposite side, end, or corner of the key-board, which will generally release them. 




















(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE III. 


ask 

besides 

health 

433 

1 3 4t?2 3 4 

134311 

alone 

beyond 

heart 

4 3 i 3 

13 13 12 

13431 

almost 

dozen 

honest 

4 3 3 31 

2343 1 

131341 

always 

e X a c 11 y (5) 

judge 

433413 

2 3 4 2 13 1 

3 1 2 1 3 

a b i 1 i t V 

expect 

liquor 

4 \232\i 

234321 

33333 2 

anything 

five 

mankind 

41 1 21311 

1 ^? 1 3 

3 A 13312 

believe 

folly 

merit 

1 333 3 1 3 

1 344 1 

3 3 231 

body 

head 

never 

132 1 

1342 

1 31 32 


noblest 

proper 

until 

1313341 

423432 

3 1133 

only 

possess 

useful 

3 13 1 

4333233 

3 32 233 

packed 

question 

wise 

442332 

33341331 

3 33 2 

peace 

slave soul 

wi=dom 

43423 

33 4 1 3 3 3 33 

3332 3 3 

play 

should 

with 

434 1 

3 13332 

3311 

points 

teach 

work 

4 331 13 

13421 

3 323 

policy 

them than 

worse 

434321 

1133 1141 

33232 

]i r a i s e 

twelve 

usually 

4 2 4 3 2 

1 3 23 13 

3334 33 1 


almost everybody is honest 
all men praise her ability 
besides and beyond all that 
God alone is always good and wise 
possess your soul in peace 


anything you may judge proper 
many believe in his policy 
folly pleases only for an hour 
the head is nobler than the heart 
you may ask the usual question 


A good man will never teach what he does not believe to be true. 

“ An honest man’s the noblest work of God ” is a saying of great truth. 

Good health alone usually makes mankind quite happy. 

Honesty is the best policy at any and all times. 

It is the greatest folly in a man to wish only to be wise. 

Never praise the faults of mankind—praise only that which has merit. 

Possession is nine points of the law and they say there are but twelve. 

The head is ever the slave of the heart. This may not be exactly true. 

The proper study of mankind is man. Teach only the useful and true. 

To believe we are able to do a thing is almost as good as being able. 

Generally we praise because we expect in turn to be praised. 

We should not as a rule judge of a man’s merit by his ability. 

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body ; therefore be wise. 

Work while you work, and play while you play, every hour in the day. 

You can not judge of a man until you have heard his whole story. 

Exercise on all the Letters of the Alphabet —My box is packed with five dozen liquor jugs. 


5 , The prefix ea? better be mafie an exception, and strike e with the second finger, so that the third 
may be used to reach a?. 



















(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE IV. 


anywhere 

4 n 3 I 323 

during 

2 1# 2 1# 4 1 

John 
iis 11 # 

mother 

1#31 432 

powder 

433 232 

strengthen 

3123412434 

amounts 

4^ J13 

else fact 

3 .V 3 3 4 4 2 1 

human 

4 y 3 4 4 

much 

121 

practice 

424 211# 23 

United 

1# 1 ill 32 

banker 

1 44332 

enemies 

3 4 3 1# 3 3 4 

knowledge 

343333213 

narrow 

442233 

profess i on 

4231233!#3 4 

values 

1431# 34 

better 

1 31132 

events 

313413 

labor little 
34 132 3^1133 

parents 

4423413 

quickly 

3 1# 3 2 3 4 4 

weakens 

3 243343 

books bring 
13.'i;#3 1 21# 4 1 

falsehood 

143334332 

live land 

31# 1 3 3 4 4 2 

people 

4S 3 43S 

read said 

2342 3 41#2 

wM d e word 

3 1# 2 3 3 32 3 

buckets 

132.:#313 

father 

141432 

minded 

a 3 1 2 3 2 

persons 

4-6233 13 

sized 

31#4 3 2 

w^ h o 1 e 

3 4 3 43 

cheap child 

2 4 344 2 4 1#3 2 

fellows 

1 333^ 3 2 

money 

ilSlSl 

politics 

4 341# 11# 2 3 

states 

314134 

without 

3 1# 1 4 3 1# 1 

court 

231#21 

half honor 

4 432 43432 

measure 

1#3431#23 

poverty 

4313214 

Strange 

3124 4 13 

young 

4 31# 4 1 


Anywhere in the United States 
In the course of human events. 
During much of that time. 

Better than was ever known before. 


Nowhere in the wide world. 

Without labor land is of little value. 

Young people should read much and talk little. 
Much has been said on this question. 


Books are cheap, and young people should read only the best. 

Children when young make parents fools ; when older the fools are wiser. 

Every person of good judgment values merit in all mankind. 

Falsehood may sometimes make a friend, but it is sure to make enemies. 

Half of a fact is often worse than a whole falsehood. 

Honor father and mother, that your days may be long in the land. 

Keep your word with your child the same as with your banker. 

Knowledge without practice amounts to little in a profession. 

Labor is better paid in the United States than anywhere else. 

Money is by most persons said to be the measure of values. 

People who live much alone usually become weak and narrow-minded. 

Poverty and politics bring men to strange bed-fellows. 

The question with the court was, what was true and what was false. 

The banker paid the man his money without asking a single question. 

Without health what is wealth, even in the most happy land ? 

Exercise on all the Letters of the Alphabet. —(6) John quickly made five or six 
good sized powder buckets. 


6 . This sentence, also the one on the previous page of the same kind, are good not only for enabling 
one to learn the location of letters, but in the future use of the machine in testing the cleanliness or perfection 
of all the types. 



















(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 

% 


EXERCISE V. 


again 

4 1 / 

choose 

2/.'f.732 

forever 

1.V231 32 

almighty 

4 a i? 3 1 /It 

coming 

2 .‘i .-f j 1 

freeman 

1233 ‘4 4 1 

anger 

4/132 

common 

2.3 V V / 

friend 

1223/2 

ashamed 

4 3/4^32 

defense 

2323/32 

gains gold 
14 2/3 1 .V / 2 

beauty 

1 34tfl/ 

despair 

2 3 4 •/ 

hated 

/4132 

beware (7) 

12 3 423 

disposes 

2 3 ■/ .^ 3 2 3 

helps house 

/3.‘i-/3 /.■f232 

cent coin 

23/1 2.‘fV/ 

dollar 
i:t 44 A z 

honorable 

13 1 3 24 13 3 

charity 

2 / 4 2 ; 2 i / 

doubtful 

2 s ‘4 1 1 2‘4 ;i 

inseparable 
2 / 3 2 442 4 1.V3 

A man’s house 

is his castle. 



Better late than never early. 

Freedom of the press and free speech. 
Knowledge is power to do right. 

Not much if any the worse for wear. 
Man proposes, but God disposes. 


justify 

‘4 ! 31-421 

product 

4232221 

thick 

1/223 

late least 

3413 33431 

proposes 

42343323 

things 

1/2/13 

liberty 

32 1 3 2 1 / 

reconciled 

2323/22332 

through 

1 /2321 / 

losses 

3 2 3 3 2 3 

scorned 

3232/32 

tribute 

1221213 

millions 

4 3 44-4 3 13 

shadows 

3 /423 32 

union 

2 / 2 3 1 

patience 

44123/23 

Strength 

3123/12 / 

variety 

142231/ 

payment 

44 / 23/1 

Struggle 

31221133 

weakness 

3243 /344 

power press 
4332 1 4 2344 

themselves 

1/32 3231 34 

wear worse 

3242 33232 


Of two evils choose the least. 

The end must justify the means. 
Through thick and through thin. 
There are gains for all our losses. 
Useful labor is always honorable. 
Variety is the spice of life. 


A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Forever is a very long time. 

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong. 
.\nger makes a rich man hated and a poor man scorned. 

Better to know much of a few things than a little of many. 

Beware of an enemy half reconciled, as of a doubtful'friend. 

Coming events cast their shadows before. There’s a good time coming. 
Common sense is the product of patience, justice and charity. 

“ God helps those who help themselves,” is a fact worth knowing. 

He is truly the freeman whom the truth makes free 
Liberty and union, one and inseparable, now and forever. 

Many persons labor too much, others too little ; yet'labor is honorable. 
‘‘ Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute,” said the patriot. 
Payment for land must be made in the gold coin of the United States. 
Strength is born of struggle, weakness of doubt or despair. 

Value not the almighty dollar above health, honor and truth. 


7 . In all words beginning with hew strike e with the second and w with the third finger, so as to have 
the fourth finger for ft, in such words as “beware,” “bewail,” etc. 




















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YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE VI. 


another 

4/31^32 

curse 

2 5?232 

gleaners 

13 3 4 2 3 2 3 

ourselves 

3223231 34 

ready 

234 2 2 

Stunted 

3122132 

asunder 

4 3 5? / 232 

delvers 

2 33 1 3 2 3 

harvest 

2421341 

perfect 

4321321 

reaped 

234432 

success 

3222344 

authority 

4 3 1 2 3 2 5? 1 i 

deserved 

23432132 

heaped 

234432 

positive 

43321213 

really 

2 3 4 33 2 

suffrage 

3 2 2 2 3 4 1 3 

beautiful 

1 3 4 5? 1 5?25?3 

endeavor 

3 2234132 

hewers 

2 34 323 

practice 

4 2 4 2 12 2 3 

reason 

23433 2 

sword 

3 4 323 

bearing 

1 3 4 25? 2 1 

engaged 

3214132 

h i m se 1 f 

2 2 2 32 3 2 

prayer 

424232 

reliable 

23324133 

unworthy 

2 2 3 32122 

calling 

2 433 5? 2 1 

faithfully 

1 4 5? 1 2 2 5? 3 3 2 

honey 

t 3 lit 

prejudice 

42 3 222223 

shame 

3 2 423 

valuable 

14324133 

civility 

2 5? 15?35?1 2 

frightful 

122 1 2 12 23 

judgment 

2 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 

p r 0 ni i s e d 

4 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 

Stock 

3 13 2 3 

workers 

3323323 

condition 

2 3 2 2 5? 1 5?3 2 

fruits 

122313 

opinion 

3 41 fi 3 1 

rabble 

2 4 1 13 3 

Store 

3 13 2 3 

wrong 

3 23 2 1 


A little wrong done to another is a great wrong done to ourselves. 

Endeavor to be perfect in the calling in which you are engaged. 

Nothing valuable is lost by civilit)S. Ready money is a reliable friend. 

Prejudice is positive opinion without perfect judgment. 

Pray with a view to practice, and practice with a view to prayer. 

Stock in store is much better than any doubtful debts. 

The useful and the beautiful are never very far asunder. 

There is very little faith where there is no charity. 

Think nothing unworthy which has a bearing on deserved success. 

When one works faithfully for another he really works for himself. 

WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. 

“ We are the hewers and delvers who toil for another’s gain, 

“ The comm n clods and the rabble, stunted of brow and brain ; 

“ What do we want, the gleaners, of the harvest we have reaped ? 

“ What do we want, the workers, of the honey we have heaped ? 

“ We want the drones to be driven away from our golden hoard ; 

“ We want to share in the harvest: we want to sit at the board ; 

“We want what sword or suffrage has never yet won for man : 

“ The fruits of his toil God promised when the curse of toil began.” 

8 . Speed Practice should be limited to sentences that have been thoroughly studied and carefully 
written many times ; accuracy first, and then speed. Do not permit yourself to get into the habit of making 
mistakes, if you expect ever to obtain and retain employment as a typewritist. 




















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VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 15 


EXERCISE VII. 


absolutely 
4 1 1 3.V / 

accordance 

4 22.723 4 /23 

adjust 

423/21 

allowed 
4.7.73 3 2 1 

although 
4 .7 1 / .7 3 1 / 

appo i ntment 
4 4 4.73/133/1 

argumentum 

4213.7 3 / 12.7 

attached 

41142/32 


business 

1333/344 

commission 

2.7 3 3if333i// 

comprehensi on 

2.7 3423/3/333/ 

compliance 

2.7 3 4334 / 23 
concerning 

23/ 232/3/1 

cons i derab 1 e 
23/33 232413 3 

contrary 

23 /1242/ 

deferred 

23232232 


Democrat ic 

23 3 3214132 

depend i ng 

2343/23/1 

direction 

2 3 2 3 2 13.7 / 

dispatch 

2334412/ 

dissolved 

233334132 

enclosed 

3 /2333 2 1 

endowment 
3/233 3 3/1 

exchange 

.23 1/4/13 


f i na n c i a 1 

13/ 4 / 23 4 3 

flagrants 

134124/13 

forward 

1323423 

further 

1321/32 

general 

13/3243 

government 

13132/33/1 

herewith 

/ 3 2 3 4 3 1 / 

however 

/33 2132 


importance 

3/43214/23 

impossible 

3 / 4.7333133 

individual 

3/23132343 

insurance 

3/3324/23 

interest 

3/132341 

justice 

3 / 3 1 3 2 3 

liability 

334 1 3.731 / 

legitimate 

331313/413 


majority 

3 4 3 .7 2 3 1 / 

national 

/ 4 133/43 

necessary ( 9 ) 
/2123342/ 

opportunity 
.7 443213/31/ 

partnershiji 

4 421 / 3 23 /34 

receivable 

2323314 133 

respectfully 
2 344 321 2333/ 

satisfactor i 1 y 

3413 324 213 2 33/ 


BUSINESS PHRASEOLOGY. 

About a matter of importance || absolutely impossible H adjust the matter satisfactorily |1 
a ter business hours \\ almost always the case H although it is not necessary || amount of 
commission allowed | argumentum ad hominem || Beyond my comprehension || bill of 
exchange | bills receivable H board of supervisors I branch of business |1 Claim for rebate f 
concerning your order |1 contrary to directions H copy of bill attached \\ Day or two j] 
deferred payments || delivered f. o. b {/ree on board') || depending upon you I did you 
receive dispatch \\ during the past month | Early next week || eight or ten days |1 either one 
or the other I enclosed please find H enclosed herewith we send || endowment policy made 
out I ex post facto I First National Bank f financial affairs |1 flagrante delicto || for some 
reason or other Ij forward goods per Express |1 from certain considerations |1 further time 
is asked I General supervision jj give us permission || great majority of cases f government 
appointment || Habeas corpus \\ having dissolved partnership I herewith find draft |1 hoping 
to hear from you j] hors de combat || however it may be I 1 am obliged to ask j] I am very 
respectfully I I am in receipt of your letter || I have drawn upon you I I improve first 
opportunity I if found correct I in accordance with advices | in answer to yours I in 
compliance with || in reference to insurance I in regard to interest f Insurance Company I 
individual liabilities. 


9 . In this word and its modifications it is necessary to strike e with the second finger, in order to reach 
a with* the fourth. 

10 . Repetit.ON. —It is not sufficient to simply write this Exercise, and the next, two or three times. 
Each phrase should first be written a dozen times or more ; and, after getting the right fingering of each 
word, repeat several times, each time a little faster than before. 

11. The meaning of the Latin terms in this page and the next better be learned from an unabridged 
dictionary. Do not fail to underscore them. 























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16 YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE VIIL 


account 

422^2/1 

Episcopal 

3 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 

n evertheles s 

7 31321733344 

premium 

4232323 

receipt 

2 3 2 324 1 

acknow 1 edge 

4 25 7333321 3 

freight 

1232171 

notification 

7 312222 41237 

president 
4234 2 23 71 

rem i t tance 

232 31 14723 

church 

2 7 223 7 

gentleman 

137133247 

notwithstanding 

7 313 21731472271 

principal 

422722443 

repub 1 i can 

2342132247 

congress 

23 7 12344 

guaranteed 

1242471332 

official 

3 2 222243 

property 

42343217 

secretary 

321231427 

consequence 

23732323723 

hundred 

7 2 72132 

ordinary 

32327427 

proposition 

4 2 3 433 2 1 2 3 7 

section 

3 2 1 7 23 7 

cons i gnment 

23 732 17 23 71 

manufacturing 

2472242122271 

particular 

4421222342 

pursuits 

42232313 

sem i annua 1 

32234 7 724 3 

circumstances 

2223 2 3 314 7234 

mercantile 

2 3 2 3 4 7 1233 

peculiar 

43223242 

quarterly 

324213237 

su b m i 11 ed 

3 2 1 2 3 1 13 2 

country 

2327127 

Methodist 

2 3 1 7 3 22 31 

personal 

43233743 

railroad 

24232342 

surrounding 

322232 7 2 27 1 


telegraph 

1 3 .‘f 3 1 2 4 i 

testimony 
\'6A\2 1 a 1 \ 

therefore 

113232^23 

thousand 

\ 132^4 12 

understand 

232314^2 

universal 

2 12 \ 3 2 3 43 

valuable 

1 4 32 4 1 a 3 

wholesale 

Z 134 Z343 3 


BUSINESS PHRASEOLOGY.—(CoMchided.) 

Just as soon as possible \\ Justice of the Peace |. Kingdom of heaven || Latter part of 
the month \\ legitimate business I lite pend.mte I long while ago || longer than necessary || 
Manufacturing Company || member of Congress f mercantile pursuits || Methodist Episcopal 
Church I Necessary consequences 1| nevertheless we think \\ Nolle prosequi || notwithstanding 
these circumstances \\ official notification f on account of which || one hundred thousand \\ 
on IS probandi \\ ordinary course of events || other things being equal || Party of the first 
part I party of the second part I particular manner | peculiar satisfaction |1 personal and 
real property |1 please answer by telegraph 1| per Wells & Fargo Express || President of the 
U. S. 11 prima facie I principal and interest I Quarter section of land \\ quarterly payments H 
quid pro quo I quo warrantum H Railroad Company I referring to your proposition H 
replying to your letter I respectfully submitted H Republican party H res gestae \\ Satisfaction 
guaranteed H Secretary of State H Senator from Ohio H several thousand dollars H semi¬ 
annual premium I sine qua non I subject to your order H surrounding circumstances I 
Taking into consideration I telegraph despatch \\ therefore there is |1 throughout 
the country H through freight rates I under the circumstances H understanding 
there was f United States government H universal testimony I Valuable papers I 
Very respectfully yours I Want of judgment I ways and means f We are, gentlemen, 

your obedient servants f We have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt < f yuur 

esteemed favor I we have drawn on you at sight H we shall be pleased to receive further 
consignments || whether you are willing \\ which would balance accounts | wholesale prices 

current |I You are aware f your remittance || yours at hand || yours just received || Yours 

received and contents noted. 
























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YOST TYPEWR/TER 

INSTRUCTOR. 

17 



EXERCISE 

IX. 



For the 

purpose of acquiring readiness and accuracy in writing the beginnings and 

endings of large classes of words, the pupil is recommended to 

drill Ijis fingers thoroughly 

in the proper manipulation of the following prefixes and affixes. Repeat each one several 

times, and the more difficult ones many times, a 

little faster 

each time if 

possible. It 

would be well to return 

to the Exercise two or 

three times a week until the proper 

fingering becomes a habit. 







INITIAL COMBINATIONS. 



accom 

4223,!? 

acqu 

423;? 

ad j u 

4 2?/ 

admin 

4 2 ? 3 / 

a d V 

42 1 

a 11 i 

4 3 1 ? 

a m b i 

4 ? 1 ? 

ang 

4 1 1 

anti 
\ 1 \ 2 

appr 

A442 

a r t i 

4 2 1? 

back 

1423 

bene 

13/3 

black 

13 4 2 3 

blow 

\3 3 ^ 

board 

13423 

bound 

13? / 2 

bran 

124 / 

brought 

1232111 

bright 

1 2? 1 / 1 

cent 

23/1 

check 

2 1 323 

c h r i s 

2 / 2 ? 3 

c i r c u m 

2 ? 3 3 ? 3 

commu 

33 2 2 1 

coniD 

23 2 4 

c 0 n s t i 

23/31? 

c 0 n t i n 

23/1?/ 

counter 

23!? / 132 

decom 

2 3 23!? 

depre 

23-/23 

d i s c 0 n 

22 3 2 3 1 

d i V i 

2 ? 1 ? 

draw 

214 3 

dread 

21342 

earn 

342 J 

econ 

3 23/ 

e f f e c 

3 2 2 32 

elec 

3 3 3 2 

emb 

3? 1 

engr 

3/12 

enter 

3/132 

e q u i 

3 3 !? 3 

e X h i 

23 12 

extra 

2 3 12 4 

fail 

1 4?3 

fore 

1323 

form 

132? 

found 

13 ?/2 

fright 

1 2!? 1 1 1 

flow 

13!? 3 

flag 

13 4 1 

gard 

1423 

gener 

13/32 

glad 

13 4 2 

g 1 0 r i 

1 3 ? 2 ? 

govern 

I3132i 

grand 

1 24/ 2 

guilt 

1 ? 3 •/ 1 

high 
/ ? 1 / 

horse 

/3232 

hydro 

/ 1 2 1 3 

illeg 

2333 1 

i m a g 

V / 4 1 

1 m m o r 

2 1 1 3 2 

1 m p e r 

2 1 ‘4 32 

1 m p 1 

2 143 

1 m p r e 

2 1 4 23 

i r r e c o n 

? 2 2 3 2 3 / 

i n c 0 r 
? / 2 3 2 

i n d i 
!? i 2!? 

1 n e X 

2 / 2 3 

1 n u i 

2 132 3 

i n s t i 
? / 3 1 ? 

inter 

? / 1 3 2 

intro 

? / 1 2 3 

Jan 
?4 / 

join 

2 3 3 1 

j u d i 

2 12 2 

j u r i 
? 122 

j u s t i 

? ? 3 1 ? 

king 

3 ? / 1 

know 

3 / 3 3 

laugh 

3 4?!/ 

1 e g i s 

3 3 1!?3 

length 

33/12/ 

liber 

3 ? 1 3 2 

light 

3? 1 / 1 

1 i c] u i 

3 ? 3 ? 3 

m a g n i 

? 4 1 / ? 

m a 1 i g 
? 4 3 ? 1 

meth 

!?31i 

m i s c 0 n 

!? 3 3 2 3 1 

mort 

?321 

mount 

232 11 

m u 11 i 

? / 3 1 ? 

myst 

? /31 

nation 

/ 4 1 ? 3 / 

neigh 

1 ‘i2 \ 1 

11 o m i 

13 2 3 

north 
/321 / 

o b j 

3 1 ? 

o b 1 i 

3 13? 

o m n i 

3 2 12 

0 r d i n 

3 2 3?/ 

over 

3132 

para 

•#424 

parti 

-/ 4 2 1 ? 

perpet 

/32/31 

p h i 1 

4 12 3 

phys 
/ / 1 3 

post 
/ 3 3 1 

prac 

•#242 

precon 

423231 

prop 

4234 

prof 

4232 

prov 

/231 

p 1 a c 
/ 3 4 2 

plow 

43 2 3 

plum 

4 3 2 3 

quad 

3?4 2 

quar 

3 ? 4 2 

ques 

3?34 

quo 

32 3 

ration 

2 4 1 ? 3 / 

recog 

23231 

recom 

2323 2 

regen 

2313/ 

repre 

23/23 

r e (J u i 

2 3 3 ? 3 

r e t r i 

2 3 12? 

s a c r i 

3 4 2 1 ? 

semi 

3 2 ? 3 

short 

3/321 

sign 

3 ? 1 / 

south 

3 3 ? 1 / 

S])ec 

3/32 

squa 

33? 4 

straight 

3 1 2 4? 1 / I 

strew 

3 12 3 4 

super 

3 24 3 2 

surre 

3222 3 

temp 

13? / 

t e r r i 

1 3 2 2? 

t e s t i 

1 3 4 1? 

trans 

124/3 

tyran 

1/2 4/ 

ultra 
!? 3 1 2 4 

uncon 

2 123 1 

u n i V e r 
2121 32 

vener 

13/32 

verd 

1323 

V o 1 

13/ 

vulg 

l?3l 

w h i s 

3 1 2‘d 

wind 

32 1 2 

ward 

3423 

yard 

/423 

yield 

12 33 2 

zero 

4323 




















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i8 ■ VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE YY..—{Concluded) 
TERMINAL COMBINATIONS. 


ab 1 e 

ably 

ace 

ade 

age 

ally 

ance 

4 153 

4i3r 

423 

423 

4 13 

455i 

4/23 

ary 

a s t 

ave 

b i 1 i t y 

bre 

cate 

c i a n 

42i 

4 31 

413 

13531 1 

1 23 

2423 

2 3 4 i 

c i e n t 

c i 0 u s 

c 1 e 

dude 

ent 

ence 

ency 

2« 3 J 1 

22323 

2 3 3 

2 53 23 

3 11 

3 123 

3121 

fall 

fill 

fine 

fuse 

fully 

grant 

gress 

1 435 

1233 

1^13 

13 32 

1 2331 

124J1 

12344 

gry 

hood 

i b 1 e 

in g 

i s h 

ism 

ity 

I2i 

1332 

2 133 

2 1 1 

33 / 

333 

31 / 

i z e 

lent 

less 

m e n t 

mony 

most 

ness 

2 iS 

331 3 

5344 

2 3 1 1 

35/1 

3 531 

i344 

ology 

ough 

phy 

self 

ship 

s i 0 n 

s t e r 

3 43 1 1 

32 11 

411 

3 252 

3 124 

335 / 

3 13 2 

tain 

teen 

ties 

t i 0 n 

five 

ture 

ward 

1 1 

i33i 

13 34 

1 3 5 i 

13 13 

1323 

3423 


REVIEW OF PRINCIPLES. 

The learner, having now mastered the proper fingering of a large portion of the usual 
words employed in business and the professions, it will be well to take a critical review of 
the principles involved in their manipulation. This will enable the observing typewritist 
to preserve the correctness of his fingering in actual work, and also to apply the same rules 
to all words that may come up in the Exercises that follow, and in all his future use of any 
typewriter. Therefore, let each one answer the following questions, either orally to the 
teacher or by writing the answers in the blank lines succeeding. 

1. What are the letters struck by the first finger of the left hand, etc. ? 

A. 

2 . What are the letters struck by the second finger of the left hand, etc. ? 

A. 

3 . What are the letters struck by the third finger of the left hand, etc. ? 

A. 

4 . What are the letters struck by the fourth finger of the left hand, etc. ? 

A. 

5 . What are the exceptional letters on the left-hand side of the key-board? A. (Ex¬ 
plain the exceptions with illustrative words.) 

6 . What are the letters struck by the first finger of the right hand when beginning a 
word or part of a word ? A. 

7 . What are the letters struck by the second finger of the right hand, etc. ? 

A. 

8 . What are the letters struck by the third finger of the right hand, etc. ? 

A. 

9 . What are the letters struck by the fourth finger of the right hand, etc. ? 

A. 

TO. If there are any exceptional letters on the right-hand side of the key-board, name 
and explain them ? A. 

II. If, after having struck a certain key with its proper finger, the next letter in a word 
calls for the same finger, what is to be done ? A. 

















(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


WRITING BY POSITION 

With the knowledge well in hand, as well as in mind, as to what fingers are to be used 
in striking the several letters of the alphabet, any one can soon acquire the habit of writing 
with only occasional glances at the key-board, which may properly be termed wriiifig by 
position, rather than “by touch,” as described by some writers. To do so most satisfac¬ 
torily one should always sit squarely in front of the machine, keep the thumb of the right 
hand on the space-bar or key, and the fourth finger of the left hand, when at rest for the 
moment, on the extreme left-hand key of the lower row ; all of which enables the 
operator to know just where all his fingers are with reference to any letter of the alphabet. 

The fact that blind persons have learned to use the typewriter readily proves that the 
skill of writing by position can be attained, and the ability to thus manipulate the machine 
enables one to keep his or her eye on the copy, and thus read while writing. The result of 
this ability is termed “continuous writing,” and is of great importance in becoming a rapid 
and profitable typewritist. It enables one to do at least twice as much work in a given 
time as can be accomplished by the person who first reads a sentence or clause and then 
writes it; reads again and writes again ; thus writing but half the time. 

Tq begin this kind of practice, the learner better turn back to the first or second 
Exercise, and train his mind and fingers on short familiar words. This practice should be 
repeated, more or less, every day, until the method can be applied in all future Exercises 
of this book ; so that when you come to do actual work for an employer there will be 
no ground for complaint that you spend half your time in trying to read your copy or 
your notes. 

The Eight-Finger Method alone enables one to writeor “ continuously,” 
with any degree of accuracy ; and the practice of always writing the same words and 
syllables in the same way, which this method favors, should be scrupulously adhered to, as 
it contributes largely to the speedy success of your efforts in this direction. 


KEY-BOARD FOR STUDY. 

The following blank key-board may be used with advantage by the learner, both in 
answering the Review questions on the preceding page and in drilling the “ mind’s eye ” 
to a reliable knowledge of the position of each and every key. 


(j (j (J ij (J (J (J (J (J (J 

o o o o o o o o o o 

o o o o o o o o o o 

( - > 











(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


EXERCISE X. 

If the learner has drilled himself or herself, as suggested on the previous page, in 
writing by position from the first Exercises, the following phrases and clauses may be 
treated in the same manner. First, however, better write each one several times by sight, 
and then repeat without looking at your keys. 

Able to collect || above the market price || accept thanks for past favors || according - 
to his account || acknowledge receipt || agreeably surprised |1 am very well aware | 
answering your letter I articles of agreement I as early as possible |1 as per your statement || 
at owner’s risk I at your expense I awaiting your reply. 

Because you were |1 before we received your letter |1 benefit of my creditors 1| besides 
which I will say f business relations |1 by American Express |1 by return mail. 

Carrying on their business || commence legal proceedings |1 commercial standing || 
concerning your affairs || considerably embarrassed f contrary to orders I could not be 
relied upon. 

Day or two since || depend upon it I did you receive your money 1| dissolved partner¬ 
ship II distribution of proceeds || do not remember || drawn upon you at sight. 

Early in the week || early next month || eight or nine times || endeavor to be present || 
every quarter of the country || every way possible || executors or administrators. 

For example || for some reason or other || forward goods immediately || for value 
received || from other sources. 

General merchandise || gentlemen of the jury || government bonds. ' 

Have never been received || having established ourselves || heirs and assigns || hereby 
constitute and appoint || herewith find acceptance. 

I am respectfully yours || I take it for granted || if you remember || in accordance with 
your request || in answer to your inquiry || in reference to the matter || in witness whereof || 
insufficient capital. 

Joint stock company || judicial proceedings || Justice of the Peace || just received 
your letter. 










(REMINGTON KEY-BOARD EDITION.) 


YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 21 


EXERCISE X. — {Concluded) 

Kingdom of heaven H know all men by these presents \\ knowledge of the law. 

Largely increased facilities f last will and testament \\ let us be satisfied I long as you 
possibly can f longer than I expected. 

Make, constitute and appoint I manner in which I Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank | 
money market |1 month or two ago f more than a year ago I most favorable opportunity. 

Nominal assets 1| no good reason \\ none the less true H nor is it likely |1 notice is hereby 
given 11 noticing your advertisement I notwithstanding it has been. 

Of course it is necessary \\ on receipt of payment \\ on the other hand H on Tuesday 
next I over and above. 

Per annum H personal expenses \\ positive about that H price current I please accept 
my thanks H please answer this letter I power of attorney. 

Quarter section of land H quarterly payments f question of accuracy \\ quite likely to be. 

Received your request for remittance \\ referring to yours just received H regretting 
the annoyance. 

Satisfactory security I Saturday afternoon I security against overdrafts H several days 
since I showing balance due I signed, sealed and delivered H som what probable H sooner 
than expected. 

Take any advantage H taking into consideration H this is to certify H Thursday morning 
next 11 tightness of the money market. 

United States Court H upon receipt of invoice H unjust accusation H usual discount of 
five per cent. 

Validity of his patent H valuable piece of property H verdict of the jury I very 
truly yours. 

Was quite sure \\ week or ten days ago I Wednesday morning \\ will you please forward I 
within a reasonable time. 

Year or two ago I your earliest convenience I your esteemed favor H yours received 
and contents noted. 







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CORRESPONDENCE. 

We now approach the practical work of the typewritist. If the learner has studied 
well the rudimental Exercises thus far given, he or she is fully prejtared to commence the 
formal practice of the art, in the way of letter-writing and the copying of business and 
professional papers. As the former is the line of work to which beginners are most 
generally called, we will first direct their attention to a few points with which they should 
become familiar, in the formation of business letters, in order to give satisfaction to the 
cultivated and artistic eye of an employer. 

1. The heading of a letter, like the head-dress of a lady or gentleman, should be 
uniformly symmetrical and graceful in appearance, and conform to the taste or wish of 
the proprietor of the house where one is emplox ed. Therefore, his style should be con¬ 
sulted, and not varied from unless by his permission and ajjproval. It is always safe, for a 
time at least, to follow the style of your predecessor in doing the writing for an establish¬ 
ment, and to introduce innovations, even for the better, gradually and modestly. 

2. Nearly every business or professional ofhce has its printed letter-heads, under 
which letters must be written. Generally they are so arranged as to leave a blank after the 
name of the city where located, into which the name of the month and the date are to be 
printed, thus : 

Washington, D. C., ..... 189 . 

It is often quite difficult to get the sheet into a machine so as to print exactly on the 
blank line, and insert the figure after 189.... ; and it requires more time to so adjust it than 
it would take to print the whole line. A better arrangement is, to have the printed letter¬ 
heading terminate with the name of the city and state in about the middle of the line ; then 
write with the machine, on the line below and just to the right, the name of the month, 
date, and year, as in Form i on the next page. 

3 If entirely blank letter paper is used, the date line should begin on 30, unless the 
name of the city and state are longer than usual, when it is better to begin on 25. [See 
Form 2.] Never insert “th ” after the date in a head line ; they are only proper in such 
phraseology as ‘‘on the 15th January,” “after the loth inst.,” etc. 

4. Always begin the address on i of the Scale, and write only the name of the person 
or firm on that line, closing with a comma ; revolve the roller at that point, and there begin 
printing the name of the city and state to which the letter is to be sent, instead of moving 
the carriage back to 5 or 10, and thus save many tiresome movements in the course of eight 
or ten hours’ writing. If the letter is to have a street address, it is well to insert it on the 
next line below, for fear it may not be at hand when the envelope is to be written. 

5. Next throw the carriage clear back to i of the Scale, for printing the term 
‘‘ Dear Sir,” “ Gentlemen,” etc., which should occupy a line by itself, and be followed by a 
colon or two hyphens ; but on the “ National,” to avoid the necessity of using a shifting- 
key it is just as well to affix the comma. At this point revolve the roller, for the reason 
given in paragraph 4, and begin the body of the letter just there. 

6. Subsequent paragraphs indent uniformly to 5 on the Scale. At the close, begin 
“Yours truly,” or their equivalent, on 25 or 30, so as to have plenty of room for the 
signature to follow on the line beneath, without having to pull the carriage back, and in 
order to leave a blank above the name that it may stand out symmetrically by itself. 

7. Letters look better, as a general thing, if written with a double spacing between 
lines ; but in the case of lengthy correspondence, it is desirable to save not only paper but 
the extra work of copying additional sheets in the letter-press * therefore it is allowable to 
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[FORM 1.] 

A. J. Lewis, Esq. 
Dear Sir: 


Philadelphia, March 10 , 1890. 
Birmingham, Ala. 


Your agent, Mr. Brown, has forwarded us mem¬ 
oranda of adjustment of all differences existing on 
account of old stock. We are satisfied with the 
arrangement made with you as to disposal of work, and 
hope when the season opens you will find market for it. 

The note of Mr. A. C. Baker, of which you inquire, 
is at the First National Bank, at Trenton. This is a 
renewal note, bearing your endorsement, and is due 
18--21st of this month. If not paid at maturity, will 
make the customary draft on you. 

Yours very respectfully, 

[ 1^0 word,.] W. H. BRONSON. 


[FORMS.] atlas endowment association of AMERICA. 

St. Paul, March 11, 1891. 

Henry Williams, 

Minneapolis. 

Dear Sir: 

We have reliable agents in all the principal 
points in Southern California, and by their aid and our 
personal work we are receiving applications for gilt- 
edged first mortgage loans, both on city and country 
property, for long and short time. 

By our plan we have the best security, as well as 
best rates of interest obtainable. We need more money 
to supply orders for good loans that are constantly 
coming in. If you want good securities--good interest-- 
your money quickly placed--write us, and give rates 
of interest you desire, size of loans and class of 
security, and we will secure you first class loans at 
no expense or trouble to you. 

Hoping that you will favor us with an early 
response, we beg to remain. 

Very respectfully yours, 

ATLAS ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 

[150 words.] By S. F. GRAVES, Secretary. 
















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MODEL FORMS FOR LETTERS.-{Continued.) 

y^onM 3.] Chicago, Ill., April 30, 1890. • 

Mr. F. J. Cox, 

Camden, Ind. 

Dear Sir-- 

It is with profound regret that we learn of 
the financial embarrassment of our old-time friends 
and agents, Messrs. Cox & Fuller. We sincerely trust 
that the unfortunate circumstances that seem to have 
overtaken them are of a temporary character only, and 
will soon give place to a permanent and satisfactory 
business adjustment. ‘We fully appreciate your kind 
remembrance of us amidst the dire necessities that 
surround you in times like these, and shall be pleased 
at all times to make grateful acknowledgment of your 
kindness. [loo words,] 

A representative of this Company will visit 
Camden shortly, instructed to confer freely with you 
as regards our interests in the past as well as in 
the future. Wishing you a happy issue from your 
difficulties, we remain. 

Yours truly, 

[h 4 words.] THOMAS JONES & CO. 


St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 11/90.« 
Messrs. Haynes Bros. & Co., 

Jonesboro, Ark. 

Dear Sirs: 

Your favor of the 15th inst. is at hand. 

We have dated your bill ahead as requested, which we 
hope will be satisfactory. We regret that we cannot 
comply with your request to extend your account to 
April 1st, but it is out of the question for us to do 
so, as we will be in need of the money before then. 

We therefore enclose to you two notes, at 30 and 60 
days respectively, which you will please sign and re¬ 
turn to us.[ioo.]We hope that you will arrange to meet the 
notes promptly when they fall due. 

We remain, yours truly, 

['24 words.] j, A. WILLIAMS & CO. 


Note. —The writing of these Letters should be repeated five, ten or a dozen times, until the teacher 
or learner is satisfied each one is perfectly correct ; after which they may be written for speed, and record 
made with pencil on the margin the number of words attained per minute, 

I. This abbreviation looks very well, and saves three strokes with the Yost; but on the National it 
requires the use of a shifting key, and is no saving of t'me. 











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MODEL FORMS FOR LETTERS.-(c^«//W) 

Columbus, 0., June 1 1, 1890. 

Mr. George McDonald, 

Newton, Kan. 

Sir-- 

We are pleased to furnish you with our price¬ 
list and catalog, marking discounts at which we are 
able to supply you; also; note terms on all lists, 
which apply to all grades. If you are in the market 
for a supply of work, we can sell you at as low prices 
as can be obtained, and we think our work has many 
special features and points of merit which you will not 
find in that furnished by other manufacturers. 

Would call your attention especially to the 
Cur ved [ 100 ] Seat-Ri s er , which we shall place on our three 
highest grades, heretofore furnished only on the most 
expensive work; also to improvements in the details of 
finish, painting, carmine striping, etc., of Canopy 
Phaeton, trimmed in brown leather, body-gearing of 
natural wood, finished in oil and varnish, with fenders 
and lamps. Price, $350. 

Awaiting your further pleasure, we are 
Very truly yours, 

[166 words.] COLUMBUS BUGGY CO. 


Washington, D. C. , 5th Oct. , '90.^'^ 

Mr. Wm. Keith, 

Los Angeles, Cal. 

Dear Sir: 

You wrote us some time ago in regard to a 
patent, and we write now to suggest the importance of 
making an application at the earliest possible day. 
During the early winter and spring months applications 
pour into the Patent Office by thousands, made by in¬ 
ventors who vainly hope to get their patents issued in 
time for the spring trade. As a result there is a glut 
of applications, more than the U. S. Patent Office can 
handle. The rule ‘‘first come first served’’ prevails; 
every [ 100 ] case must be taken up and examined deliber¬ 
ately in the order of its class and date of filing. 

The consequences are delay, vexation, and loss. 

Our advice is, therefore, for your own interest 
more than ours, since we are assured of your business 
some time at any rate. 

Yours to serve, 

[156 words.] C. A. SNOW & CO. 

2. The use of the apostrophe to indicate the omission of i8 is allowable on the Yost, but on the 
National it requires the use of the shifting key, and is therefore no saving. 













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26 VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 

MODEL FORMS FOR LETTERS 

Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 6--90. 

Hon. Joseph Johnston, 

Topeka, Kan. 

Respected Sir: 

We herewith enclose you our illustrated 
circular, and trust you may be interested in the Aldine 
Fire-Place, inasmuch as its operation tends to promote 
the good health of those using it. The sanitary results 
are produced by *^^^ no other grate or heater on the 
market; and for the nursery, sick-room, dining-room, 
office or sleeping-room, the warm floors, equalized 
temperature, constant and uniform heat and v entilation 
produced, with the utmost economy of fuel, fills a 
long-felt want, and renders the Aldi ne . the [ 100 ] mos t 
desirable grate ever placed upon the market. 

The stove has long and loudly been denounced by 
our best physicians and thinking people, as it affords 
no means of escape for the vitiated air and poisonous 
gases which it generates, and which are a constant 
menace to good health. Hot air or steam furnaces are 
but little better, unless provided with proper venti¬ 
lation. Direct draft grates are enormous consumers of 
fuel, uncleanly in their use, create draughts through¬ 
out the rooms in which they are located, and produce 
none of the superior conditions to be had through the 
use of the Aldine. [ 200 ] Through the return draught prin¬ 
ciple we are enabled to consume the hot smoke and gases 
in the combustion chambers in the base, get up a cir¬ 
culation of warm air, whereby we produce warm floors, 
thus obviating the condition of hot air about the head 
and cold air about the feet, and equalize the temper¬ 
ature from floor to ceiling. We also get slow and 
perfect combustion of fuel, with great economy. 

Very respectfully, 

[275 words.] ALDINE MANUFACTURING CO. 

























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MODEL FORMS FOR LETTERS. — [Continued^ 

[FORM 8.] Philadelphia, Pa. , 5th mo. , lOth, 1890. 

Wm. Penn Nixon, 

Editor of the Inter-Ocean,® 

Chicago, Ill. 

Dear Friend : 

Thee will find enclosed $15 (fifteen dol¬ 
lars) to pay thy bill for advertising. Please receipt 
and return. 

Fraternally thine, 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 

Buffalo, N. Y. , 3/15/90.® 
To Agents and Freight Conductors-- 

Much inconvenience, and sometimes loss, is sus¬ 
tained by this Company through the unwarranted changing 
of car numbers on way-bills. Any disagreement between 
way-bill and car number that may be discovered should 
be reported promptly to Division Superintendent, by 
telegraph. Hereafter no person must under any circum¬ 
stances make alterations of this kind without specific 
directions from Division Office. 

Agents at destination receiving way-bills in which 
such changes have been made, must use great care to see 
that the freight he delivers is that actually called 
for by the way-bill. [ 100 ] 

CHARLES JACKSON, Frt. Aud. 


3, The ■* underscore"" is the long dash that, when printed in the same line with the types, produces the 
continuous line close under the words, and is used to suggest emphasis in reading, or to indicate to the printer 
that such words are to be put in italic types for the same purpose. In the “ National” machine it is produced 
by depressing the shifting key for “ marks,” and striking the letter-key for H as often as necessary. 

4, This is supposed to be the Quaker, or Friends’ style of dating and writing a letter. 

5, When the title, or profession, of a correspondent is lengthy, it will look better to set it back under the 
name, as here shown. 

6, This is an excellent form for railroad correspondence, especially with the Yost machine. 

Note. —Students having special lines of work in view, such as legal, insurance, railroading, etc., should 
procure one of the many letter-writers on sale, and give almost exclusive attention to practicing on the 
phraseology and forms there given to such letters. 















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28 YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


SPECIALTIES IN LETTER WRITING. 

1. Dictating to the Machine., as it is called, is under some circumstances found to be 
a saving of time and labor. If the party dictating speaks slowly, and the typewritist is a 
fast operator, shorthand can be dispensed with for the time being, and letters written 
directly from the mouth of the speaker. Only the most skillful and accurate writers should 
resort to this method, for if errors are made and the letter has to be re-written, it will 
prove to be a losing arrangement instead of a profitable one. When adopted, unless letter- 
press copies are made, a duplicate co])y should be made by the use of carbon paper. (See 
page 30.) Many court reporters employ rapid typewritists to transcribe their testimony 
while they read their notes to them. It is important, therefore, to practice on the machine 
from dictation. 

2. Interlining, to supply an omitted word or clause, is often admissible, to save time 
in re-writing. The caret sign will have to be made with pen or pencil; then the roller 
turned back half a turn, or, if the sheet has been taken out, re-insert it, so that the words 
to be supplied will print just above the place where they were omitted. (See illustration 
on opposite page.) 

3. Capital Lines. —To print a line or more in capitals, on the National machine, 
depress the key for caps, and set the latch alongside it, to hold it down, so that all the 
fingers of both hands may be used as in writing lower case ; when a comma, or any other 
mark except the period, is to be used, the latch must be released. If the number of words 
in a display line are few, the appearance may be improved by striking the space-bar 
between each letter. (See page opposite.) 

4. Centering Lines. —All head lines, whether in capitals or small letters, should be 
placed exactly in the middle. To make»sure of doing this, count the number of letters, 
spaces, and points (if any), and subtract the total from the whole number of figures on the 
space-bar, 70 ; take half the remainder as the number on which you are to begin writing 
the line. Thus : total number of letters, etc., 45 ; 70 less 45 leaves 25 ; the half of 25 is 
about 13, on which to begin writing. This will leave 12 spaces at the other end of the 
line. 

5. N. B. Nota bene" {mark well.) —An extreme method of calling the reader’s 
attention to an important point is sometimes resorted to thus ; After a letter is written 
select some vacant space on a i:)age, and set the sheet in the machine so that you can ])rint 
the matter in an oblique position, as shown on the opposite page. Sometimes it will be 
necessary to fold the sheet slightly in order to get it in where wanted. 

6. Bens and Pencils. —Whenever practicable pen and ink should be used, for ease, 
speed and legibility. Fountain pens, in our long experience, have never been found to 
give uniform satisfaction, while any short-nibbed gold pen does. The double-elastic steel 
pens are excellent, for those who cannot afford the gold. In addition one should always 
have an excellent quality of No. 2 pencil, well sharpened, ready for any emergency. 

7. Note-Books. —A note-book that one can carry in his or her pocket is more con¬ 
venient than a broader and thicker one ; it should be of such paper that it will take either 
pen or pencil readily, viz.: thick enough to receive ink on both sides without blotting, and 
without the highly polished surface that repels both ink and pencil. Double-ruled ])aper 
assists in recognizing three or four positions in writing. To find in a moment the place in 
your book where you wish to take notes, keep a rubber band around the portion used. 









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[FORM 10.] 

ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. 

Indianapolis, Ind. , March 11, 1891. 

John A. Armstrong, Esq., 

Madison, Ind. 

Dear Sir-- 

Your esteemed favor of the 5th inst. at hand 

and contents noted. While it is desirable to take all 

the business we can handle, it will not be judicious 

for us to accept the risk you are offered on the Madison 

Hotel. It is considered ‘‘extra hazardous,’’ and sh’d 
--and not desirable at that 
be rated at /. We must require a detailed survey of 

A 

the premises, if you write again on the subject, before 

finally accepting the risk. 

N. ^ ^ .Respectfully yours. 




HAMILTON & WILCOX, 
fail Western Managers. 

Sir ^ 


[FORM 11] INVOICE OF GOODS. 

343 NEW YORK. 

Bought of mmH. & TOAVO CO., 

Sales Agents for the Yost Writing Maehine. 

Mr. M. Hubbe, 

(Corrected.) No. 22 State St., City. York, Oct. 6th, 1890. 

One (I) Yost Writing Machine, - -- -- -- -- - $(00.00 

Less 10 ^ for cash. - -- -- -- - (0.00 $90.00 

One I I) 8 Draw Cabinet, - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30.00 

Two (2) Reams No. 3 Letter Paper at $1.40,. 2.80 

One ( 1 ) Ream No. 3 Legal size, Marginal ruled, - -- -- -- - (.85 

One(l) Dozen Legal Carbon, - -- -- -- -- -- -- .50 

One (!) Yost Copy Holder, - -- -- -- -- -- -- - 2.00 

$127.15 

Less Allowance, - -- -- -- -- -- - 5.00 

$122.15 

Less Allowance, - -- -- -- -- -- - 2 (5 

Paid. $120.00 

MUIR, HAWLEY & MAYO CO. 

This machine is guaranteed for one (P year from above date. Seddon. 

MUIR, HAWLEY & MAYO CO. 

By H. I. Seddon. 



































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30 YOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


Specialties in Letter Writing 

8. Note-Paper. —The typewritist will sometimes have occasion to print fashionable 
notes for, or to, ladies, such as society notices, invitations, etc., in which cases note-])aper 
of such varying widths as fancy dictates, will ‘be furnished, and the carriage must be set so 
as to print only the length of line required. Lay a sheet of the paper against the left-hand 
portion of the numbered scale, with as much projecting beyond that end of the scale as 
will give sufficient margin ; next move the carriage until the pointer rests on 25 or 30, 
according to the margin required on that side ; then slide the “ stop-collar,” or bumper, 
down the back bar until it reaches the yoke of the carriage, where' you will screw it tight 
to the bar. This will leave the remainder of the scale on which to do your writing. 
Insert note paper, or envelope, at extreme left of the roller. (See sample on page 
opposite.) 

9. Envelopes may be addressed on the typewriter, by adjusting the movement of the 
carriage in the same way, if many are to be addressed at a time ; if only a few, this is not 
necessary. Either way, however, the “envelope guide,” which is also used to hold the 
sheet of paper to the feed-roller, should be set by turning it on the rod to which it is 
fastened, so that the lit'.le roller on the lower projection lies close to the feed-roller. When 
the envelopes are all addressed it should be set back. Each package of envelopes should 
be first curved, by pressure with the fingers, so that they will lie close to the roller. 

10. Press Copies. —To obtain a single duplicate copy of a letter, a “copying ribbon,” 
of any desired color, must be used instead of the ordinary “ record ribbon.” The process 
of making such a copy, in a letter-book for preservation, will be explained by employers ; 
but the typewritist, where a letter-press is used, must see that the machine is supplied with 
the right kind of ribbon. To ascertain what kind of a ribbon is on a typewriter, print a 
word with it, then wet the end of your finger on your tongue and press it upon the word, 
and if it is a copying ribbon the word will appear upon your finger. In a position where a 
portion of the writing only, needs to go through the copying press, it is best to keep both a 
record and a copying ribbon on the machine, one on one spool and the other on the other, 
so as to use either as occasion may require. 

11. ^'‘Manifold Copies” are produced in various ways. The most simple method of 
obtaining from two to ten copies is by means of “ semi-carbon paper,” which will be found 
explained elsewhere, under the heading “ Law-office Work.” When from 50 to ico copies 
or more are desired, to be used as circulars, the Hektograph, Cyclostyle, or Mimn.eograph, 
will have to be employed. As full descriptions of how to use them accompany each 
apparatus, it is not necessary to repeat them here. 

12. A Lithograph Ribbon on a typewriter enables one, by its use on transfer paper, to 
have the contents of a letter or document of any kind, with the addition of autographic 
longhand signature, or other matter, if desired, transferred to stone, and as many copies 
printed as are wanted. 

13. Minor Corrections, such as bringing up “ dropped letters,” changing the termina¬ 
tions “ er ” to “or,” or vice versa, c to o. n to m, or the reverse, n to h, i to 1, etc., raise the 
carriage and move it, while raised, forward or back, until the automatic pointer rests over 
the letter to be changed, then drop the carriage and touch the right letter. 











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[FORM 12.] 


Boston, January 15, 1891. 
Miss Jennie Anderson-- 

The pleasure of your company 
is cordially requested at an af¬ 
ternoon social reception, to be 
given at the residence of Mr. J. N. 
Dodge, No. 125 Chelsea ave. , on 
Wednesday, 25th Nov. , 1891, in 

r ecogni tion o f the arrival in our 
community of Miss Rozelia Dodge, 
our much esteemed niece. 

Kindly acknowledge receipt, 
and indicate probability of our 
being gratified with your much- 
desired presence. 

With kindest regards, 

Mrs. J. N. Dodge. 


[FORM 13.] 

Robert Buchanan, 

Esq. , 

1520 

Broadway, 


NEW YORK, 


N. Y. 


[FORM 14.] 


Hon. Benj. Butterworth, 


CINCINNATI, 

225 McMillan Sl. , 

Hami 1 ton Co. , 

Walnut Hills. 

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LAW OFFICE WORK. 


Perhaps more students of shorthand and typewriting find their first employment in 
law offices than in any other line of service. And next to doing the letter-writing of an 
office comes the copying of legal papers, and the taking in shorthand notes, from dictation 
by the attorney, such legal matters as he wishes to use in the courts, which are also to be 
typed on the machine. Forms of such papers and documents will now be presented for 
the student’s study and practice after a careful reading of the following suggestions : 

1. Accuracy .—Greater accuracy is required in all legal writings than in any other class 
of shorthand and typewriting work, for the reason that the mishearing or wrong transcrip¬ 
tion of a single word may lead to a conclusion just the opposite of that intended, and 
result in untold trouble and cost. Therefore the greatest care must be exercised in the 
start, and all the time, in copying the forms here given. 

2. Corrections .—If a mistake of a few letters, or a word or two even, is made with the 
typewriter, it may be corrected thus : If done on very thin paper the letters better be 
canceled by printing an x lightly over each one, and then go on with the correct letters, or 
if necessary they may be interlined ; if done on thick paper, the letters may be erased by 
scraping, latterly on the roller, lightly but frequently, with a sharp blade, or with an “ink 
eraser.’’ But an employer who is accurate himself, and a man of taste, will require sheets 
having even one or two unskillful corrections, to be re written. 

3. Read by Copy .—All legal, or other important work, should be “read by copy,’’ to 
see that no omissions are made, and for such additional punctuation as is necessary to the 
proper meaning of the language used. It is safer to have some one besides the typevvritist 
hold and read the copy, so that the latter may revise his or her work as the reading 
progresses. 

4. Writing from a Reader .—The words in the following forms are numbered into 
hundreds, with the view of requiring the pupil, after he has written each one two or three 
times for accuracy in spelling and the correct fingering of the keys, to repeat them several 
times for speed, with some one to read the copy, 'bhe reader should be required to call 
the punctuation marks as they occur, since the typist, while learning at least, is not able to 
carry the sense along with his fingers; also, any special capitalizing, parentheses, under¬ 
scoring, etc. 

5. Manifolding .—The learner should have the privilege, and should exercise it, of 
doing considerable manifold writing before leaving his school of instruction, or engaging to 
do work. And, in beginning the following page, is a good time to call for one or two sheets 
of semi-carbon paper, with which to make copies of the forms there given. First, lay upon 
your table one sheet of white paper ; upon it lay one sheet of semi-carbon paper, with the 
'carbon side uppermost ; next lay down another white sheet on top of the carbon paper ; 
‘then another carbon and another white sheet. Lift them all up together, and jostle them 
perfectly straight with each other ; carefully insert them between the rollers, with the 
carbon side of the sheets toward you, so as to print against the blank sides of the carbon. 
To obtain distinct impressions from the carbon paper, strike the keys a little harder than 
usual. For over three copies quite thin pa[)er is necessary. 












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[Form 15.] 


DEED OP BARGAIN AND SALE. 


T his Indenture , made the 20th day of November, 1890, between James H. Holloway, 
of Buffalo, State of New York, party of the first part, and John H. Thompson, of Syracuse, 
State of New York, party of the second part, witnesseth : 

That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of $5,450 
(five thousand and four hundred and fifty dollars), to him in hand paid by the said party 
of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does by these presents 
grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs 
and assigns, forever, the following described property : (Description omitted.) 

Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances there¬ 
unto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder 
and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof. 

To have and to hold, all and singular, the said premises, together with the appurte¬ 
nances unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever. 

In witness whereof the said party of the first part has hereunto set his hand and seal 
this day and year first above written. 

JAMES H. HOLLOWAY. [L. S.] 

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of— words.) 


[Form 16.] 


DEED FROM HUSBAND TO WIFE. 


This Indenture, made this 15th day of December, 1890, between Thomas H. Benton, 
of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, of the first part, and Martha Benton, wife of 
said Thomas H. Benton, of the second part, witnesseth : 

That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the love and affection 
which he bears towards his wife, the said Martha Benton, and for the purpose of making 
her a gift that shall be of service to her in case of necessity hereafter, does hereby give, 
grant, alien and convey unto his wife, said party of the second part, all that certain 
property : (Description omitted.) 

To have and to hold the same unto the said party of the second part, her heirs and 
assigns, for her own sole and separate use, benefit and behoof forever. 

To hold and enjoy all and singular the same, and every part and parcel thereof, as and 
for her separate estate, especially relinquishing for himself and his heirs all right or claim 
to the same, or any part thereof, as community property, so that the same may be held by 
her as separate, and not in any respect as community property. 

In witness whereof said party of the first part has hereunto set his hand and seal, the 
day and year first above written. 

THOMAS H. BENTON, [L. S.] 

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of— 

C242 words.) MOSES CORWIN. 


The Ring of the Bell should always attract attention to the end of the line, to see that you have room 
in which to finish a word, or to make a proper syllabic division ; also, to avoid disfiguring the page by 
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[Form 17.] AGREEMENT OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. 

This is to Certify, that I have hired from Robert Chamberlain all that certain house 
and premises situated in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, designated as No. 518 State 
street, said house containing nine rooms, for the term of one year from the first day of 
December, 1890, at a monthly rent of $50, payable in advance. And I hereby promise to 
make punctual payment of the rent, and to take the usual good care of the property as 
reasonable use and wear thereof will permit, and not to let or under-let boo] the whole 
or any part thereof, without the written consent of the landlord, under penalty of forfeiture 
and damages ; and I agree to quit and surrender the said house and premises at the 
expiration of the said term, unless in writing this agreement is extended for another fixed 
term. Nor will I expend any money due for rent, for repairs or improvements, without 
the written consent of the said Robert Chamberlain. 

Given under my hand and seal this first day of December, 1890. 

THOMAS BROWN, [L. S.] 

Signed in presence of THOS. K. KNOX. C93 words.) 


[Form i8 .] ASSIGNMENT BY AN INSOLVENT DEBTOR. 

This Indenture, made the loth day of April, 1890, by and between Benjamin Crawford, 
merchant and dealer in real estate, of the first part, James Simpson of the second part, and 
the several persons who are creditors of the said party of the first part, of the third part, 
witnesseth : 

That whereas the party of the first part is indebted to divers persons in various sums 
of money which he is at present unable to pay in full, and is'desirous of conveying all his 
property for the benefit of all his creditors, in equitable proportions to boo) their several 
claims. Now, therefore, the party of the first part, in consideration of the premises, and 
of one dollar paid to him by the party of the second part, hereby grants, bargains, sells, 
assigns and conveys unto the party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, all his lands, 
tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, property, and choses in action, of every name 
and nature, wheresoever the same may be, except such property only as may be exempted 
by law from attachment and execution, as fully described and set forth in the schedule 
hereunto annexed and made a part of boo) assignment. 

To have and to hold the said premises unto the said party of the second part and his 
heirs and assigns. But in trust and confidence, nevertheless, to sell and dispose of the 
said real estate and personal projierty, and to collect the said choses in ac:ion ; then in 
trust to dispose of the proceeds of the said property in the manner following, viz.: 

1. To pay ail such debts as by the laws of the United States or of this State are 
entitled to a preference in such cases. 

2. To pay the costs and charges of boo) these presents, etc. 

3. To distribute and pay the remainder of said proceeds to the parties of the third 
part, etc. 

In witness whereof the parties, etc. 

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l AGREEMENT FOR BUILDING. 

T his Agreement, made the loth day of July, 1890, by and between Joseph Johnson 
and Henry Harrison, both of the City of bridgeport. County of Fairfield and State of 
Connecticut, is as follows : 

That the party of the second part covenants and agrees with the party of the first 
part, to make, erect, build and finish, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, a 
two story brick dwelling-house, on the lot of land situated in said city, and described as 
follows: (Description omitted) agreeable to drafts, plans and specifications hereunto 
annexed, of good and substantial materials, by the first day of July, 1891. 

The said party of the first part covenants and agrees to pay unto the said party of the 
second part, for the same, the sum of $2,000 (t wo thousand dollars), lawful money of the 
United States, as follows : The sum of $1,000 (one thousand dollars) when the building is 
enclosed, and the remaining $1,000 (one thousand dollars) when the same is completed. 

For the faithful performance of the agreements and covenants aforesaid, the parties 
hereby agree each with the other that the sum of $500 (five hundred dollars) shall be 
paid to the other by the failing party as settled and liquidated damages. 

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the day and year above 

mentioned.words.) 


[Form 20.] AGREEMENT OP COPARTNERSHIP. 

Articles of Agreement made and entered into this 5th day of March, 1890, between 
Alexander Benedict of the one part, and Charles Anderson of the other, witnesseth as 
follows : 

1. That said Benedict and Anderson hereby enter into a copartnership with each 
other in the business of general merchants, for the purpose of buying, selling and retailing 
all sorts of^ wares, goods, merchandise, and all kinds of produce usually handled in stores 
of this character. Said partnership shall be conducted under the name and style of 
Benedict & Anderson, in the City of Denver, in the State of Colorado, shall be opened 
on or about the 15th day of March, 1890, and continue for the term of two years, and as 
much longer as both parties agree thereto. 

2. For this purpose each of the parties aforesaid agrees to furnish immediately the 
sum of $2,000 (two thousand dollars'), to be used and expended in common for the con¬ 
ducting of said business, to their mutual advantage ; and it is agreed that the capital stock 
of the firm shall be kept at the sum of $4,000 (four thousand dollars', share and share 
alike, unless the same be reduced or increased by mutual and written consent. 

3 It is agreed that each partner shall have power to use the name of the firm and to 
bind the same, in making contracts for the sale or purchase of goods, but not to an amount 
of over $500 (five hundred dollars), without the consent of the other. 

4. Neither of said partners shall engage in the same or similar business, in the said 
city or State, during the term of this agreement. 

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[Form 21.1 FORM OF A WILL. 

I, Gardner Wilcox, of the City of Minneapolis, County of Hennepin, and State of 
Minneiota, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make and publish this my last 
will and testimony, revoking all former wills and codicils. 

First: It is my will and desire that my funeral expenses and all previous just debts 
be first paid. 

Second : I set apart as my wife’s equal and just share in my estate, in lieu of dower, 
the house and premises in which we now reside, situated at No. 257 State street, Minneap¬ 
olis, Minnesota, and hereby devise and bequeath the same to her, my said wife, Mrs. 
Mary E. Wilcox, together with all and singular the furniture and fixtures thereunto 
belonging, to her sole and separate use. 

Third : I give and devise to my eldest son, Hamilton Wilcox, the farm on which he 
now resides, &c., to his heirs and assigns forever. 

Fourth : I give and devise to my second son, Timothy Wilcox, the building and lot 
which he now occupies as a printing house, in the city of Minneapolis, situated, &c., to 
him, his heirs and assigns forever. 

Lastly : I hereby constitute and appoint my wife, Mary E. Wilcox, and my two 
sons, Hamilton Wilcox and Timothy Wilcox, to be the executrix and executors of this my 
last will and testament. 

And it is my wish that the Court require no bond of either of them. 

Signed in the presence of 

(242 words.) GARDNER WILCOX. 

Witnesses: 


[Form 22.] PATENT RIGHT CONTRACT OF SALE. 

Whereas I, John P. Culver, of the City of Los Angeles, State of California, did obtain 
Letters Patent of the United States for Asphalt-Coated Sheet Metal Pipes, numbered 
400,832, dated April,2, i88g ; and whereas I am the sole owner of said patents and of all 
rights under the same in the below cited territory ; and whereas Samuel W. Little, of the 
same city and State, is desirous of acquiring an interest in the same ; 

Now, therefore, to all whom it may concern, be it known that for and in consideration 
of the sum of $5,000 (five thousand dollars), expended as per agreement heretofore 
entered into and acknowledged, I, the said John P. Culver, have sold and assigned and 
transferred, and by these presents do sell, assign and transfer, unto the said Samuel W. 
Little, an undivided one-half right, title and interest in and to the said inventions as 
secured to me by said Letters Patent, for, to and in the States of Washington, Oregon, 
California, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and for, to and in no other 
place or places; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said Samuel W. Little within 
and throughout the above specified territory and not elsewhere, for his own use and behoof 
and for the use and behoof of his legal representatives, to the full end of the term for which 
Letters Patent are or may be granted, as fully and entirely as the same would have been 
held and enjoyed by me had this assignment not been made. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, at Los Angeles 
City, County of Los Angeles, State of California, this 21st day of November, 1890 A. D. 

JOHN P. CULVER. (L. S.) 

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(Form 23.] COMPLAINT ON A PROMISSORY NOTE. 

IN 'I'HE SUPERIOR COURT OP THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. 

County of Hamilton, State of Ohio. 

Michael Corbett, Pltf., ) 

vs. i Room 2, Judge Burnett. 

Samuel Burns, Dft. ) No. 5850. 

The plaintiff in the above-entitled action, complaining of the defendant in said action, 
alleges : 

1. That oa the 5th day of February, 1890, in the city of Cincinnati, County of 
Hamilton, and State of Ohio, the said defendant, Samuel Burns, made his certain 
promissory note, in writing, bearing date on that day, which said promissory note is in the 
words and figures following, to wit: 

“$300. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 5, 1890. 

“Sixty days after date I promise to pay to John Jones, or order, the sum of $3,000 
(three thousand dollars), in lawful money of the United States, for value received, with 
interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, from date until paid. 

SAMUEL BURNS.” 

And then and there delivered said promissory note to the said John Jones, who 
afterwards, on the said 5th day of February, 1890, duly endorsed, assigned, and delivered 
said promissory note to the plaintiff herein. 

2. That the said plaintiff is now the lawful owner and holder of the said promissory 

(200) jjQ p^j.^ Qf ^].jg said- promissory note, or of the interest thereon, has 

been paid. 

3. That there is now due and unpaid to the said plaintiff on said promissory note the 
sum of $3,000 (thiee thousand dollars), and interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, 
per annum, from February 5, 1890. 

Wherefore the said plaintiff prays judgment against the said defendant for the sum of 
$3,000 (three thousand dollars), with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per 
annum, from February 5, 1890, and costs of suit, and that said judgment be rendered and 
made payable pursuant to the terms of said promissory note. 

(318words) matt C. DAY, Atty. for Pltf. 


[Form 24.] JUDGMENT BY THE .COURT. 

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 

In and for the County of Franklin, State of Ohio. 

Richard Phillips, Pltf., ) 

vs. ) Judgment by the Court, 

Timothy Tompkins, Dft. ) October 21, 1890. 

This cause came on regularly for trial on the 19th day of October, 1890, Nicholas 
Bird, Esq., appearing for the plaintiff and Kramer & Kramer for the defendant. A trial 
by jury having been mutually waived by the respective parties, the cause was tried before 
the Court without a jury ; whereupon witnesses upon the part of plaintiff and defendant 
were duly sworn and examined, and documentary evidence introduced by the respect¬ 
ive parties ; and the evidence being closed, the cause was submitted to the Court for 
consideration and decision ; and after due deliberation thereon the Court files its finding 
and decision in writing, and orders that judgment be entered herein in favor of the 
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[Form 25.] WRIT OP ATTACHMENT. 

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF MARION, 

State of Oregon. 

iff . : : : ; ; : : : : : ! V:: T) 

ti ( 

Robert Bartlett, pltf., ) __ 

vs. )-”) WTit of Attachment. ( 

I Henry Jameson, dft. ) 

The People of the State of Oregon to the Sheriff of the County of Marion, 
Greeting : 

Whereas, the above-entitled action was commenced in the Superior Court of the 
County of Marion, State of Oregon, by the plaintiff in the said action, to recover from the 
defendant in the said action the sum of five hundred dollars, besides interest at the rate 
of one per cent, a month, from the i8th day of November, 1889, and costs of suit ; and 
the necessary affidavit and undertaking herein having been filed as required by law : 

Now, therefore, we do command you, thef'°°) said Sheriff, that you attach and safely 
keep all the property of said defendant within your said county not exempt from execu¬ 
tion, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the said plaintiff’s demand, as above 
mentioned ; unless the said defendant give you security by an undertaking of at least two 
sufficient sureties, in an amount sufficient to satisfy such demand, besides costs, or in an 
amount equal to the value of the property which has been or is about to be attached ; 
in which case you will take such undertaking, and hereof make due and legal serv¬ 
ice (^200) and return. 

Witness : Hon. Francis Harrison, Judge of said Superior Court, this i8th day of 
January, 1890. 

Attest my hand and the seal of the said Court, the day and year last above written. 
(238 words.) HENRY WALKER, Clerk. 


[Form 26.] 


/ POWER OF ATTORNEY. / 


Know All Men by these Presents ; 

That I, Thomas Wentworth, of Indianapolis, County of Marion, State of Indiana, do 
hereby constitute and appoint Peter Patterson, of the City of Detroit, County of Wayne, 
and State of Michigan, 

MY TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY, 

In my name, place and stead, and in my behalf to demand, sue for, recover and receive 
all sums of money and debts due me, and all claims and demands that may become due, 
from citizens residing in or doing business in the city and State above mentioned ; and to 
give sufficient receipts and acquittances for the same ; giving and granting unto my said 
attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatso¬ 
ever requisite or proper in the premises, the same as I, if present, would or could do ; and 
I hereby ratify and confirm what my said attorney shall lawfully do in the premises. 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 24th day of Jan¬ 
uary, 1891. 

Ornamentation. —Very few attorneys or business men will care to have any ornamentation placed upon 
their documents or papers of any kind ; we therefore give only a few of the simplest forms, that may be used 
without much study or loss of time. The first above is composed of the No. sign (^), the colon, the under¬ 
score, and parentheses ; the second requires only the underscore, the period, and the sloping sign for fractions. 


























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[Form 27.] 


NOTICE OF MOTION. 


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, 
In and for the County of Marion, 

J. J. Carrillo,* plaintiff, ) 


) 

) 


vs. 



D. V. Waldron and H. ) 

R. Palmer, defendants. ) 

To J. J. Carrillo, said plaintiff, and H. R. Tanner, his attorney : 

Please to take notice, that upon the affidavit of the defendant H. R. Palmer, hereunto 
attached, and upon the files of papers, proceedings and records in the above-named action, 
I shall move the said Superior Court, at Court Room of Department 2 thereof, in the City 
of Indianapolis, County of Marion, State, of Indiana, on Monday, first day of December, 
1890, at the opening of Court on that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, 
for an order vacating and setting aside the judgment taken by default against the 
defendant H. R. Palmer in said cause and Court on the i8th day of November, 1890 ; 
also to vacate and set aside the execution issued on said judgment on the date last 
aforesaid, and to vacate and set aside all proceedings had or taken in such cause against 
the defendant Palmer subsequent to the entering of said judgment aforesaid. 

Also, that I will at the time and place first aforesaid, move the Court for an order 
vacating and setting aside the summons, or pretended summons, in such cause, and the 
service, or pretended service, thereof on the defendant Palmer, and the officer’s return on 
said summons, so far as the same shows, or pretends to show, that said summons was at 
any time served on said defendant Palmer. 

Said motion will be made and based upon the ground that the copy, or pretended 
copy, of said summons, which was served on said defendant Palmer did not have 
subscribed or attached thereto the name of the County Clerk of said Marion County, nor 
the name of the Clerk of said Superior Court. 


Yours, etc.. 


F. R. JAMISON, 

Atty. for Defendant H. R. Palmer. 











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[Form 28.] NOTICE OP SALE. 

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ) 

) Notice of Sale. 

For the County c ^iamilton. State of Ohio. ) 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to an order of the Court of Common Pleas for 
the County of Hamilton, State of Ohio, made on the 26th day of Feb., 1891, in the matter 
of the estate of Elizabeth Johnson, deceased, the undersigned will sell at private sale, to 
the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States, 10^ to be paid when the 
sale is made, and the balance on confirmation of the sale by the Court. 

Said sale, subject to confirmation of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of 
Hamilton, State of Ohio, to be made on or after the 7th day of May, 1891 ; and I will so 
sell in one parcel, all the right, title, interest and claim of the estate of the said Elizabeth 
Johnson at the time of her death, and all the right, title, interest, and claim of the property 
and estate that the said estate of the said deceased has acquired since her death by 
operation of law or-otherwise, in all the property situated in the County of Hamilton, State 
of Ohio, and lying on Fourth Street, between Stone and Wood Streets, in the City of 
Cincinnati, more particularly described as follows : 

Lots 10 (ten) and ii (eleven) of the Longworth Tract, being lots so designated and 
shown on the map of the subdivision of said tract, recorded in Book 10, page 8, of 
Miscellaneous Records, in the office of the Recorder of Hamilton County. 

Also, tha-t certain lot adjoining it, commencing at a point on the northern line of 
Wood Street distant 4 (four) feet westerly from the southwesterly corner of lot 16 (sixteen) 
in block 4 (four) of the Longworth Tract, recorded in Book 2 (two) page 63 (sixty-three) 
of Miscellaneous Records ; running thence northerly parallel with the westerly line of said 
lot 16.125 ft.; thence at right angles westerly 29I ft. to the easterly line of lot ii. 

The above described lots being all contiguous, form one lot with the average of about 
109^ ft. on the north side of Fourth Street, with the average depth of about 125 ft. 

Bids or orders may be handed in at any time before the making of the sale, and must 
be in writing, and left in the office of Messrs. Smith, Hardy & Smith, attorneys at law. 
Room 2, 117 West Third Street, in the City of Cincinnati, County of Hamilton, State of 
Ohio. Each bid must be accompanied with a forfeiture, made payable to the undersigned : 

JOHN COLE, Administrator. 











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[Form 31 .] EXHIBIT A-ADMINISTRATRIX’S STATEMENT. 

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF 
SAN FRANCISCO, 

State of California. 


In the Matter of the Estate 
of 

Thomas Jones, deceased. 


:) 
: ) 


Exhibit made six months 
from Appointment. 


To the Honorable the said Superior Court of the City and 
County of San Francisco, State of California: 

In accordance with the provision of the Statute, I, 
Mary Jones, the administratrix of the estate of Thomas 
Jones, deceased, do hereby, six months after my appoint¬ 
ment as such administratrix, make and render this my 
account and exhibit of said estate: 

I.--MONEY RECEIVED AS FOLLOWS. 

Cash on hand at time of death of deceased, 

Net proceeds of sales of Personal Property, 

Amount of money received,- 

II.--MONEY EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS. 


$50 00 
4, 118 50 
$4, 168 50 


$16 

30 

100 

5 


50 

50 

00 

00 


5 00 


1 

300 


50 

00 


Fees of Clerk of Superior Court, - 
Fees of Appraisers of Estate, 

Fees of attorney for Administratrix, - 
Publication of Notice to Creditors, 

Publication of Notice of Application for 
Order of sale of Personal Property, 

Notary fees, affidavits to return of 
Sale of Personal Property, 

Allowance to family of deceased, - 
Amount of money expended. 

Balance in hands of administratrix, 

VERIFICATION. 

State of California, ) gg 

City and County of San Francisco, ) 

Mary Jones, the administratrix of the estate of 
Thomas Jones, deceased, being duly sworn, says that the 
foregoing exhibit and statement 
in substance and in fact. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ^d day of 
Nov. , 1890. 


- - 458 50 

- $3,710 00 


rendered by her are true 
MARY JONES. 

















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TRANSCRIBING LEGAL TESTIMONY. 

1. Pape}- io be Used. —The advent of the Typewriter has changed the style of paper 
as well as the arrangement of the matter, in writing out reports of testimony. “ Legal 
cap ” used to mean sheets double the length of an ordinary cap page, ruled for the pen, and 
also ruled vertically, outside of which ruling were always written the Q. and A. for 
Question and Answer. This latter ruling, and placing of the initials, is still required in 
some courts, and by some attorneys no matter where they are. 

2. Si))iple Form for U}i}-uled Paper. —On the opposite page is the simplest, and now 
most generally used, form observed by typewriter copyists. The paper is entirely unruled, 
and therefore the lines may be written as long as the machine will print; but in order to 
secure a fair margin, the machine better be set so as to print only 65 letters. The page 
looks cleaner by not puncturing periods after the initials Q. and A., but making two 
spaces instead of one. 

3. A Forfn with Alarginal Ruling is.given on page 44, The bumper that regulates 
the length of the line must be set so that the fiist letter, Q or A, will print just outside the 
vertical line ; then space five or more spaces, and begin the reading matter. When there 
is more than one line to a question or answer, the second and any additional lines must 
begin just inside the vertical line, and this will require the exercise of memory ; it is 
therefore an objectionable form, as one is apt to forget and make a mis-print. 

4. NiDtibcred Lines. —On page 43 is given a form in which the paper is prepared with 
figures outside the vertical line, so that each line of testimony may be referred to by 
counsel, in argument or otherwise. It requires considerable care in printing ; happily its 
use is confined to the higher courts and more critical class of lawyers. 

5. Right Side Doion. —When sheets are taken from the machine they should be 
invariably laid with the written side down, so that when picked up to be examined, or 
bound together, they will come in consecutive order, from the first to the later pages. 

6. The Na}>ies of Witnesses., when first introduced, should be printed in capitals, so 
the eye may readily observe them. 

7. Objectio}is made by Coimsel on either side, or rulings by the Court, and exceptions 
taken, should be indented ten spaces from the margin. 

8. Niwibering the Pages. —All the sheets necessary to contain the testimony in a case 
should be numbered consecutively from the beginning to the end, even if the trial 
continues for days and weeks ; but each day’s testimony should be fastened together in a 
separate packet, beginning with the date and name of witness. 

9. Train the Meniory. —It is important that the learner begin early in his or her 
practice to carry in the mind as much of a sentence as possible, so that when the reporter 
reads to the copyist he may keep on writing, without having to stop and ask a repetition of 
what has been read. 

Ma)iifaiding is done as described on page 30. Black carbon paper should be used, 
in preference to purple ; as, also, black ribbon. 









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[Form 30.] TESTIMONY. 

1 

2 

SUPREME COURT, CIRCUIT—PART I. 

3 

Alexander Jones ) 

•4 

vs. ) Before Judge M. Hilton and a Jury. 

5 

James W. Mason. ) 

G 

7 

Appearances. 

8 

For Plaintiff—James T. Brady, Esq. 

9 

10 

For Defendant—Benjamin F. Butler, Esq, 

11 

The jury being duly empaneled, Mr. Brady stated the case for the plaintiff; 

12 

1 

Mr. Butler did the same for the defendant. 

10 

14 

THOMAS B. WARREN, called on behalf of the plaintiff, being duly sworn, 

15 

testified as follows : 

IG 

DIRECT EXAMINATION. 

17 

By Mr. McFarland— 

18 

Q. What is your name ? 

19 

A. Thomas B. Warren. 

20 

Q. Where do you live ? 

21 

A. New York City — 1224 Tenth street. 

22 

Q. Mr. Warren, it is in testimony that you received between $ 11,000 and $ 12,000 

23 

for your interest on your share of the profits of the sale of these bonds of the com- 

24 

pany. State whether or not you received back the $ 5,000 that you paid Mr. Lacy ? 

25 

A. Why, I think I did. 

26 

Q. Yes, sir. Who paid you that? 

27 

A. Why, I think that Stimson did. I do not remember distinctly, but it occurs 

28 

to me that was the first thing paid. 

29 

Q. Was that a payment by Stimson personally, or by Stimson for the company ? 

30 

A. Stimson paid it to me - 

31 

Mr. Monroe : If you know, of course all this is incompetent. 

32 

Mr. McFarland : Yes, yes ; you say so. 

33 

A. I do not know, but I suppose he - 

34 

Mr. Monroe ; Well, we object to that on the ground that it is incompetent 

35 

and immaterial. 

36 

The Court : The objection is sustained. 

37 

38 

Mr, McFarland : To which we except. 

39 

CROSS EXAMINATION. 

40 

By Mr. Monroe— 

41 

Q. Was any of this land divided among the stockholders, Mr. Warren—this 

42 

Nadeau Vineyard land ? 

43 

A. Why, the company made some arrangement for stockholders to buy land and 

44 

apply part or all of the payment for their land on their stock, I think in the nature 

45 

of an advance dividend. That was a matter that Stimson carried out, and I never— 

46 

I never knew altogether about it. 

47 

Q. Were you one of the directors of the company, and are you still a director ? 

48 

A. Yes, sir. 

49 

Q. Were you present when this matter of selling land to the stockholders as an 

50 

advance dividend was discussed ? 

51 

A. Why, I was present at one meeting when it was discussed, but I think it was 

52 

discussed at more than one meeting. I am not sure that I was there at all times 

53 

when it was discussed, or when the final action was taken. I know Stimson pro- 

54 

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Q. Did you consent to it ? 

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[Form 31.] 

UNITED STATES CIRCUn’ COURT, Southern Dist. of New York. 


Charles H. Bragg and Edw. Bragg ) 
vs. ) 

The Victor Marble Company. ) 


Before Judge Johnson and a Jury. 

Albany, N. Y., April 5 , 1890 . 


Appearances. 

For Plaintiff, - - - - - Wm. M. Evarts, Esq. 

For Defendant,.A. H. Bradford, Esq. 


JOHN FOSTER, called on behalf of plaintiff, being duly sworn, testified as 
follows : 

Direct Examination by Mr. Evarts. 

Where do you reside, Mr. Foster ? 

This city. 

What is your business ? 

Financial broker. 

Did you have any connection with the corporation, the principal office of which 
was here in this city, known as the Victor Marble Company ? 

I did. 

What was the character of that connection ? 

I was a Director and Treasurer of the corporation. 

About what time did you become connected with that corporation ? 

I do not remember ; I think it must have been in the vicinity of a year ago. 

In what way did your connection with it become severed ? 

Sold my stock and resigned as a Director and Treasurer. 

Sold your stock to whom ? 

I guess it was two different parties purchased it. 

Who were they ? 

Mr. Charles H. Bragg and Mr. Edward Bragg. 

When was the first time, Mr. Foster, you had any conversation with either of 
these men about the purchase of this stock ? 

On Saturday evening, 23d January, at my place of business. 

What occurred there? What was the nature of the conversation ? 

The conversation was opened by Mr, Bragg inquiring about the Victor Marble 
Company ; how things were progressing. We talked about the general business, 
what a good piece of property it was, and what money could be made out of it if 
properly handled, with sufficient coin back of it. The winding up of it was, he 
asked me what I would take for my stock. I did not give him any price. 

Cross-Examination. 

By Mr. Bradford— 

Did you not, on Sunday, ten days prior to the sale of your stock, say to Mr. 
Charles Bragg, and to Mr. C J. Richards, that Capt Seamans had told you, in a 
conversation between you, that he had only 400 shares of this stock ? 

I did not. 

Did you not, in the conversation with the Braggs, say that you did not care to 
sell your stock, and refused to price it ? And did you not afterwards say to Mr. J. 
Richards that you took this course—that is, not putting a price on it—at the time 
and place referred to, in order to lead the Braggs on to buy, or words to that effect ? 

It’s a damned lie. 

The Court: Just answer the question, without— 

Mr. Evarts: Well, it is a “ damned lie.” 

The Witness: I am surprised that you should ask such questions of me. But, 
Judge, excuse me. 

The Court: You can always answer even such questions without an oath. 


















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[Form 32.] 


STATEMENT OF CLAIMS PRESENTED. 


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF 

SAN FRANCISCO. 

State of California. 


In the Matter of the Estate 
of 

Thomas Jones, deceased. 


Statement of Claims Presented. 


The undersigned, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Jones, deceased, at this the 
July term, 1890, of said Superior Court, returns to said Court the following statement of 
all claims against the said estate which have been presented to her since the i8th day of 
May, 1889, being the day of the first publication of notice to creditors ; in which state¬ 
ment are designated the names of the creditors, the nature of each claim, when it became 
due or will become due, and whether it was allowed or rejected by said administratrix ; 


Name of Creditor. 

Nature of Claim. 

When due. 

Allowed or 
Rejected. 

Amount. 

( 

Promissory note, 

June 5, 1874. 



John Smith, ( 

Money loaned. 

April I, 1874. 

Allowed. 

$1500 

( 

And horse sold. 

April 29, 1874. 



George Taylor, 

Funeral expenses, 

May 19, 1874. 

Allowed. 

200 

Dr. C. G. Bryant, 

Expenses last 





Sickness, 

May 18, 1874. 

Allowed. 

250 

Alfred Pope, 

Balance of ac’t. 

March 3, 1874. 

Allowed. 

500 

D. P. Belnap, 

Legal services. 

Jan. 5, 1874. 

Rejected. 

100 


$2550 


MARY JONES, 

Administratrix of the estate of Thomas Jones, dec’d. 


[Form 33 ] NOTICE TO CREDITORS. 

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES ) 

COUNTY, ) Notice to Creditors. 

State of California. ) 

Iti re the estate of M. B. McQuaid, deceased. 

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administratrix of the estate of M. B. 
McQuaid, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said 
deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers within ten months after the first 
publication of this notice, to the said administratrix, at the office of John Robarts, 
attorney at law, rooms 2 and 3 Wilcox block. North Spring street, in the city of 
Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of California, that being the place designated 
for the transaction of the business of said estate. 

Dated at Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 7, 1889. 

MRS. JANE McQUAID, 

Administratrix of the estate of M. B. McQuaid, deceased. 



















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34.] ANNUAL STATEMENT 

of the 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
AT DETROIT, MICH., 

At the Close of Business, December 14, 1890. 


RESOURCES. 

Loans and discounts, - .... 

Overdrafts, secured and unsecured, 

U. S. Bonds, to secure circulation, ... 
Stocks, securities, judgments, claims, etc.. 

Due from approved reserve agents. 

Due from other National Banks, 

Due from State Banks and bankers, ... 
Banking-house furniture and fixtures. 

Other real estate and mortgages owned. 

Current expenses and taxes paid. 

Checks and other cash items, - - - - 

Bills of other banks, ----- 

Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, - 
Specie, ------- 

Legal tender notes, ----- 

Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer, 5 ^ of circulation. 

Total, ------ 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital stock paid in, ----- 

Surplus fund, ------ 

Undivided profits, ----- 

National bank notes outstanding, ... 
Individual deposits subject to check, - - - 

Demand certificates of deposit, - . . 

Due to State Banks and bankers, - - . 

Total, ------ 

State of Michigan, County of Wayne, ss.; 


- $370,002 13 

281 44 

- 25,000 00 

- 38,490 83 

- 53,799 00 

- 40,250 83 

- 24,319 28 

- 48,000 00 

4,137 03 
7,772 28 
398 00 
2,005 00 
88 44 

- 17,385 15 

11,300 00 

1,1^5 00 


- $545,080 41 


$100,000 00 
50,000 00 
25,052 70 
11,250 00 
353,045 35 
4,817 49 
320 87 


$545,080 41 


I, J. E. Farnum, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above 
statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 


J. E. FARNUM, Cashier. 


Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of December, 1890. 

L. C. Winston, Notary Public. 


[Form 35.] 


SURROGATE’S COURT, County of New York. 


In the matter of the probate ) 

of a paper propounded as the ) Before Hon. Gideon J. Tucker, 
last will and testament of ) Surrogate. 

James W. Griffith, dec’d. ) 

Albany, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1889. 

Appearances. 


For Proponent, 
For Contestant, 


H. A. Anderson, Esq. 
Benjamin Harrison, Esq. 


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VOST TYPEWRITER INSTRUCTOR. 


[Form 36.] 

SPECIFICATIONS 

Of materials and labor to be used and employed in the construction and completion of 
a IA story frame dwelling, to be located on Jefferson street, between 
Eighth and Ninth streets, in the city of St. Louis, State of 
Missouri, where and as directed on the property 
of Mr. E, F. Allen, of the same 
county and State. 

CONDITIONS. 

All of the hereinafter described materials and work shall be furnished and done in 
strict accordance with the plans and specifications and detail drawings furnished by 
W. L. Williams. 

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inches ; fill in with the same after the walls are built, to cover all footings inside and 
outside, to the full height of the original grade. 

BRICKWORK. 

Build all walls, piers and chimney foundations of the best hard burnt brick. Walls 
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where shown, on a solid foundation, to first floor, with hard brick ; carry up shaft of 
medium brick ; leave opening and spring arch on iron lintels for fire-places, two feet wide 
and eleven courses above the floor ; top out chimneys with-good red brick as shown. All 
flues to be eight inches square, smoothly plastered on the inside. Put in 6 inch thimble 
in the kitchen and 5 ^ inch in all the other rooms accessible to flue, with tin stoppers to 
same. 

LATH AND PLASTERING. 

Lath all walls and ceilings of the first and second story with the best four-foot Oregon 
pine laths, with joints broken every six courses, and well nailed at all bearings, the same 
to be put on 3-8 of an inch apart. 

Cover all lathed work with a good coat of brown hair mortar, properly proportioned 
and mixed with thirteen pounds of long cattle hair to the barrel of lime ; the same to be 
rodded down to an even surface for papering ; repair all cracks and breaks, at completion. 
All mortar shall be made up six days before being used, and be composed of best lime, 
and clean, sharp sand. 

FLOORS. 

All porch floors shall be laid of i” X 4 ” T & G Southern Pine, with mitre joints, with 
one inch water grade to front. All interior floors are to be of i” X 6 ” T & G S. P. well 
seasoned. 

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[F0KM37.] LITERARY COPYING. 


FORTY YEARS A PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTER. 


RECOLLECTIONS PROFESSIONAL AND OTHERWISE. 


By Elias Longley. 


(Copyrighted and published here by permission of the Author.) 
In Four Parts.—Part First. 


My First Sermon—First Case in Court—Gov. Charles Anderson My Employer—His 

Peculiar Appreciation of My Poor Services—Called to New Orleans as a U. S. 

Witness—Made Phonographic Reporter in the Case as Well—First of the Kind in the 

Queen City of the South—Double Pay, Easy Work, and a Good Time. 

“ My First Sermon,” I may as well take the credit for in the beginning, was one that 
I wrote out myself, with pen and ink, before delivering it. And I may as well admit, also, 
that the memorizing and delivering of it to a small country congregation was a more diffi¬ 
cult job, to me, than the first reporting I did of another man’s sermon.’ This may account 
for the fact that I never delivered a second sermon of my own, preferring to report other 
neople’s sermons, speeches, and the like, which I was then learning to do. 

It was in the year 1848 , when standing at my case setting type in the office of the 
“ Star in the West,” Cincinnati, that Bro. Gurley left his editorial desk in the same room, 
and stepping up to me, said : 

“Bro. Longley, I want you to report the Occasional Sermon of Bro. Whittemore, that 
he is to deliver to-morrow in the United States Convention.” 

“ I can’t,” was my prompt reply ; though I was delighted with the idea that I would 
like to try it. 

“ But you must,” he said ; “ Bro. Whittemore has just told me that he never writes his 
sermons, and it would never do to have it said that Cincinnati could not report and publish 
so important a sermon as his will be. Come, I’ll give you ten dollars to do the best, you 
can, and you cannot make that much in a day setting type.” 

“ That’s so,” I readily admitted, “ and I’ll try what I can do. What I do not report 
he can supply.” 

Hastily finishing my “ take ” of copy, I took off my apron, and slipped away to my 
little bedroom in the garret, where “ chicken tracks ” flew around in a lively way until 
supper-time, and from supper-time until late bed-time. I timed my writing, but could not 
reach 100 words a minute. I wrote from sermons ; studied religious phrases peculiar to 
the denomination ; I tried different kinds of paper, and different pencils ; hoping by some 
means, or all combined, to be equal to the task. 

Finally I dared to sleep, and dreamed of running a race ; but who was my competitor 
I knew not, until arriving at the goal, “ neck-and-neck,” I saw him in what at first a])peared 
the judge’s stand, but which suddenly assumed the shape of a pulpit, with myself at a table 
in front. And then I knew the contestants were the preacher and the reporter. I awoke, 
and took courage for my first struggle with the winged words of the orator. 

Suffice it to say, that such as I did not “ catch on the wing ” I was enabled to remember 
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my capacity for producing a sermon, on paper, myself. And it may be worth while to 
remark, for the benefit of young phonographers, it is often important that the reporter be 
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